| 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 |
I'm getting an error when I try opening more than 8 sessions (or windows). The error I get is as follows; Error Creating Application No PCB available I did a dir/title=PCB in this notes file and found one where they talk about increasing the size of MAXPROCESSCNT. I have tried this but still doesn't work. I also increased PROCSECTCNT amd GBLSECTIONS. Does anyone have any ideas or clues what I need to change in order to open more windows? I also noticed that this error started to appear after I installed NOTES 2.1, however, I'm not sure if this has something to do with it or just a considence. Thanks in advance for any help or support you can furnish, Robert By the way, what does PCB stand for? Any idea?
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| 3029.1 | How did you change it? | HKOVC::TERENCE | From Middlesex, UWO | Tue Jul 03 1990 01:27 | 25 |
<<< Note 3029.0 by BEBE::GALLEGOS >>>
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# I'm getting an error when I try opening more than 8 sessions (or windows). The
# error I get is as follows;
#
# Error Creating Application
# No PCB available
#
# I did a dir/title=PCB in this notes file and found one where they talk about
# increasing the size of MAXPROCESSCNT. I have tried this but still doesn't work.
# I also increased PROCSECTCNT amd GBLSECTIONS.
How did you change your MAXPROCESSCNT? Did you do a reboot after you have made
the change?
Do a $ SHOW MEMORY and check out how many FREE PROCESS ENTRY SLOTS does your
system have. You need > 0 FREE PROCESS ENTRY SLOTS to create a new process.
# By the way, what does PCB stand for? Any idea?
PCB stands for Process Control Block. You need to allocate PCBs during system
startup. The amount of PCBs got allocated depends on your MAXPROCESSCNT setting.
-Terry
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| 3029.2 | Use AUTOGEN, please! | VINO::WITHROW | Mass. recall petitions available here! | Tue Jul 03 1990 09:15 | 34 |
I don't know why everyone seems to harbor a deep distrust of autogen, but it will almost always solve problems like this better that you can by twiddling system parameters at random. 1) Delete almost all of the lines in your sys$system:modparams.dat. What should you leave? Here is what mine has, and I think you would be hard pressed to justify having more for a standalone workstation. (If you are part of a cluster you will have more, but entries that diddle performance parameters should be deleted). If you MUST diddle some parameter, use the MIN_ or ADD_ prefix, as below. SCSSYSTEMID=63574 SCSNODE="MTBALL" VAXCLUSTER=0 pagefile=0 swapfile=0 dumpfile=0 dumpstyle=1 window_system=1 MIN_GBLPAGES=30000 MIN_GBLSECTIONS=500 ! ! Parameters changed by Inspect at 3-JAN-1990 13:13:11.17: ! LGI_BRK_TERM = 0 LGI_BRK_TMO = 3600 LGI_HID_TIM = 86400 ADD_MAXPROCESSCNT=10 2) Do a ``@sys$system:autogen savparams setparams feedback'' 3) Reboot the system. 4) Enjoy a correctly running system. | |||||