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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

1973.0. "problem with dxmail..." by POBOX::GUSTAFSON (Teach a new dog UL-TRIX) Wed Dec 27 1989 12:45

    I am experiencing a problem with dxmail.  I have a VS2000 w/14mb
    of memory, UWS 2.1, over 20 ng of space available in my g
    partition,  about 35 mg of swap space, I am only running xbiff and
    2 decterm windows (and dxmail).  I am getting the message:
    
    jwg-mistrt> FATAL ERROR: Couldn't fork!
    (errno = 12 Not enough core)
    X Toolkit Warning: XtRemoveGrab asked to remove a widget not on
    the list
     
    
    I get a pop up widow asking me to attempt to continue, quit, or
    quit and dump core.  Sometimes, attempt to continue works, however,
    I have frequently chosen attempt to continue and dxmail just
    hangs.  Then I can't do anything.  
    
    Any suggetstions?
    
    -jeff-

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1973.1	is dxmail important?	POBOX::GUSTAFSON	Teach a new dog UL-TRIX	`Thu Jan 04 1990 19:30`	9
	I understand that dxmail is a product supported out of Reading England. Is there anybody home over there? From what I am hearing, there are many problems with dxmail. The one mentioned in the prvious note is not my only problem, just the most annoying one. If you don't want to fix it, how about an alternative (xmail isn't much better)? -jeff-
1973.2		GOSOX::RYAN	DECwindows Mail	`Fri Jan 05 1990 08:43`	7
	ABBOTT::DW-MAIL is the notes conference for both VMS (DECW$MAIL) and Ultrix (dxmail) DECwindows Mail products. Sorry I don't know enough about dxmail to help you (I'm on the VMS side), but the current development team in Reading, or the original developer, are more likely to see your questions there. Mike
1973.3	Thank's	POBOX::GUSTAFSON	Teach a new dog UL-TRIX	`Sat Jan 06 1990 10:01`	4
	Mike, thank you very much for the pointer!!! -jeff-
1973.4	not dxmail's fault	SMURF::HOFFMAN	anywhere in the universe	`Thu Jan 25 1990 13:35`	21
	the error message "Not enough core" indicates that you have run out of swap space. You should execute the command "/etc/pstat -s" when you encounter the dxmail problem (assuming that you have enough swap space for pstat to work) and examine the value to the left of "free" as in the following example (from my underpowered little DECstation 3100): planb [3] /etc/pstat -s 65528k swap configured 20976k reserved virtual address space 11060k used (4544k text, 0k smem) 54468k free, 156k wasted, 0k missing avail: 170132k 361k For that matter, you should run this command whether or not dxamil is sick and examine all the numbers. It's possible that you are not really getting all of the 35 megabytes that you thought you have. John