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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

1386.0. "What causes %XLIB-E-INSFMEM. PSVIEWER error" by SMAUG::GARROD (An Englishman's mind works best when it is almost too late) Wed Sep 06 1989 12:21

    I can't seem to get PSVIEWER to run properly. It keeps bombing out
    with the error:
    
    %XLIB-E-INSFMEM, insufficient dynamic memory
    X Toolkit error: Cannot perform realloc
    %DWT-F-DWTABORT, xtoolkit fatal error
    
    What exactly does this error mean. It sounds like it is talking
    about virtual memory ie a LIB$GET_VM failed. But that returns the
    error INSVIRMEM not INSFMEM. Also my process has only got a total
    virtual sizeof 8000 odd pages. My PGFLQUOTA is 20000 and
    VIRTUALPAGECNT is 20000 as well.
    
    In VMS terms INSFMEM tends to refer to things like QIOs failing
    due to insufficient pool etc. But an ANAL/SYS shows that I am nowhere
    near hitting these sort of quotas. So what is causing this error?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Dave
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1386.1LESLIE::LESLIEFat was then - thinner is nowWed Sep 06 1989 18:077
    Dave
    
    	what version of VMS and DW? I ran it on EFT DW V2 and VMS T5.2-1
    okay, haven't tried it on 5.3 yet....
    
    - ���
1386.2Version informationSMAUG::GARRODAn Englishman's mind works best when it is almost too lateThu Sep 07 1989 01:4711
    I am running VMS V5.1
    
    An ANAL/IMAGE of various DECW$xxx imagees in SYS$SYSTEM gives an
    image ident of:
    
    DECWINDOWS V5.1
    
    The images were linked around 15-DEC-1988
    
    Dave
1386.3LESLIE::LESLIEFat was then - thinner is nowThu Sep 07 1989 07:464
    Can you do a Sho Mem/pool/full/all and post the result here?
    
    - ���
1386.4CTLPAGES is a likely culpritVMSDEV::CLABORNSo?? Mine has a dashboard hibachi!Thu Sep 07 1989 10:107
Insufficient *dynamic* memory errors are very often caused by CTLPAGES being
too small. This sizes the process allocation region in P1 space from which 
(among other things) process-local logical names are carved. Lots of logicals
can cause this error. Default is 50... try 100; it's just virtual space.

- George
1386.5How do I monitor CTLPAGES?SMAUG::GARRODAn Englishman's mind works best when it is almost too lateThu Sep 07 1989 13:218
    Re .4
    
    How can I use SDA to find out how much CTLPAGES I am using.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Dave
1386.6Do a SHOW PROCESS /MEMORY - that'll give you a good ideaHYDRA::COARIt's a bug! I'll shoot my foot!Thu Sep 07 1989 21:491
1386.7Where is the PS viewer?DSTEG2::HOSSFELDI'm so confused!Mon Sep 11 1989 09:313
	Would someone give a pointer to the PS Viewer please?


1386.8visa::sys$kits:[decw$utils]sdc_psviewer.sav.32767VISA::BIJAOUIBest before November 1989Mon Sep 11 1989 12:562