[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

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

1442.0. "HELP!!.."%system-F-noslot"" by JUPITR::RAMAN () Thu Sep 14 1989 15:26

    
    One quick question.......
    
    When I try to run Calculator using the following command line
    
    	spawn/nowait/input=nl:/proc="Calc" run sys$system:decw$calculator
    
    I get an error message saying
    	"%SYSTEM-F-NOSLOT, no PCB available"
    
    What does it mean and what is the fix ? Could someone please help
    me out....
    
    BTW, when I start calculator through file_view, it runs fine....
    
    thanks,
    -/rajesh

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1442.1		LESLIE::LESLIE	Andy �� Leslie. Fat was then....	`Thu Sep 14 1989 18:12`	9
	It means that there is no slot to create the job in. Running AUTOGEn will almost certainly up the MAXPROCESSCNT param in SYSGEN, unless you have a line in MODPARAMS.DAT. I actually have MIN_MAXPROCESSCNT = 60 in mine, which leaves lots of slots open. BTW, this is more a VMS than DECWindows question... - ��
1442.2	Try PRCLM too	AGBEAR::HORNER	A.G.Bear, Low tech teddy bear	`Thu Sep 14 1989 18:15`	6
	Since FileView behaves differently, you might also check your PRCLM quota as specified in the AUTHORIZE file. This limits how many processes one job tree can start up at one time. Dave
1442.3	FileView likes to keep old processes around	CADSYS::COOK	ALOE, ALOE	`Fri Sep 15 1989 04:58`	10
	FileView might have kept a spare process around and be running the application in it. If if does not have to create a process then it would not get that error. Personally, I see problems with this behaviour when changing logical names or privileges in FileView and then running an application from FileView to use the logical name or privilege. If FileView reused a process rather than creating a new one, then the application will not see the new logical name definition or privilege.