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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

1977.0. "Terminal emulator dies..." by CIMNET::KISHAN () Thu Dec 28 1989 13:19

    I am running VMS V5.3 on a color VAXstation 3500, 32Mb,
    Maxprocesscnt = 90.

    My DECW$TE_1 (terminal emulator) process dies if I create more than
    6 DECterms (there are available process slots).  Is this related to
    a process quota or a system quota??

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Hemant.
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1977.1SYSGEN parametersEVTIS2::HOANGFri Dec 29 1989 09:374
    
    You can check GBLPAGES, GBLSECTIONS.
    
    			Dung HOANG
1977.2lots free...CIMNET::KISHANTue Jan 02 1990 11:1711
    Thanks for your response.
    
    I checked gblsections and gblpages -- in sysgen they are set to 2000
    and 85000 respectively.  At the DCL level, using
    f$getsyi("free_gblsects") and f$getsyi("gblpages") yields 1720 and
    62444 respectively.

    The problem persists; is there anything else I can check?

    Hemant.
1977.3Another...DECWIN::FISHERBurns Fisher 381-1466, ZKO3-4/W23Wed Jan 03 1990 11:494
Try enqueue limit.  Two locks are taken out for each connection via local
transport.

Burns
1977.4enqlim at 4k...CIMNET::KISHANWed Jan 03 1990 13:2212
>>Try enqueue limit.  Two locks are taken out for each connection via local
>>transport.

    Thanks; I increased the enqueue limit in my UAF record to 4000 from
    2000 and still, on the 7th window, the terminal emulator crashes and
    all my windows disappear.

    Is there anyway I can make the TE dump to see why it's unhappy?

    Hemant.

1977.5Sounds like virtual memoryHANNAH::MESSENGERBob MessengerWed Jan 03 1990 18:4011
DECterm is probably running out of virtual memory, so you might want to
increase your page file quota.  You can also save virtual memory by setting
your "lines saved off top" to 0 in windows where you don't care about lines
being saved off the top.

You can get a log file by defining the logical name DECW$DECTERM_OUTPUT in
your LOGIN.COM as the name of the log file, and then restarting DECterm
(e.g. by quitting out of the session manager and logging back in, or by
logging out of all your DECterm windows and then creating a new one).

				-- Bob
1977.6bingo!CIMNET::KISHANThu Jan 04 1990 10:1814
    The DECW$DECTERM_OUTPUT file stated "X Toolkit Error: Cannot perform
    calloc".
    
    I changed sysgen parameters VIRTUALPAGECNT and PQL_DPGFLQUOTA to
    500000 and 100000 respectively and also upped my UAF pagefile quota
    to 500000 (from 100000) and then rebooted.  I don't know which one I
    really needed to increase but the problem is gone! -- I just created
    21 decterms in succession without a problem; it seems the defaults
    for the various parameters aren't really sufficient.

    Thanks for all your helpful suggestions,

    Hemant.