[comp.sys.mac.misc] Increasing system heap.

Drako@cup.portal.com (Chris Del Grande) (05/18/91)

Greetings,
	Will some kind soul please inform me as to how to increase the
size allotted for my system heap. It currently occupies 1799k of Ram, and
the gauge (in "about the finder" is a fraction away from being totally
full. Every once in a while my applications will "unexpectably quit" when
I try to launch them, I must restart in order for things to work properly.
	So, any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!

Chris Del Grande
Drako@cup.portal.com

keenan@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (John D Keenan) (05/19/91)

In article <42441@cup.portal.com> Drako@cup.portal.com (Chris Del Grande) writes:
>Greetings,
>	Will some kind soul please inform me as to how to increase the
>size allotted for my system heap. It currently occupies 1799k of Ram, and

>Chris Del Grande
>Drako@cup.portal.com

Try using HeapTool which is available from the sumex archive.

John

ml27192@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark Lanett) (05/20/91)

keenan@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (John D Keenan) writes:

>In article <42441@cup.portal.com> Drako@cup.portal.com (Chris Del Grande) writes:
>>Greetings,
>>	Will some kind soul please inform me as to how to increase the
>>size allotted for my system heap. It currently occupies 1799k of Ram, and

>>Chris Del Grande
>>Drako@cup.portal.com

>Try using HeapTool which is available from the sumex archive.

>John

Note that it should be unnecessary to do this under MultiFinder, since the
system's heap is adjusted dynamically.
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carter@cat23.cs.wisc.edu (Gregory Carter) (05/20/91)

In article <42441@cup.portal.com> Drako@cup.portal.com (Chris Del Grande) writes:
>Greetings,
>	Will some kind soul please inform me as to how to increase the
>size allotted for my system heap. It currently occupies 1799k of Ram, and
>the gauge (in "about the finder" is a fraction away from being totally
>full. Every once in a while my applications will "unexpectably quit" when
>I try to launch them, I must restart in order for things to work properly.
>	So, any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
>
>Chris Del Grande
>Drako@cup.portal.com

Try heap fix at sumex->archive.  It works very well, even keeps track of just
where your heap is, too, so you can set the size to maximum of your needs without worrying whether or not the value is correct with regards to stack/heap
collision.

--Gregory