Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

2453.0. "WSMAX and Hang on Login" by CSC32::J_COMSTOCK () Thu Mar 15 1990 13:24

The situation is this:

	The customer has a workstation with 24 meg of memory.  It's a single
user workstation with one main use.  It is used to edit large files, some
include graphics.  This makes large working sets a necessity.

	The problem is, after WSMAX is set to 17,300 the following happens:

	1) The user logs on.

	2) The login box disappears, and the screen clears.

	3) The 'watch' pointer appears.

	4) The Icon box appears.

	5) Nothing further happens.  (He waited 1/2 hour and nothing).

	6) The session manager process never gets created.
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The decw$sm.log contains the following lines:

%set-i-newlims,	new working set limits
		limit=218, quota=218,extent=17,300.

%dcl-w-actimage error activating imagshr
%cli-e-imagename, Image file $1$dka100:[sys0.syscommon.][syslib]smgshr.exe
-sys-f-insfwsl, insufficient working set limit.

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Some parameters present when the failure occured:

Uaf params:
	wsextent	17,300
	pgflquota	20,000

Decw$server_wsdef	8192
Decw$server_wsquota	16384
Decw$server_wsextent	32768

Pql params:
	
	pql$_dwsdef	256
	pql$_dwsquota	512
	pql$_dwsextent	512

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When WSMAX is put back to 12,500, everything runs fine.