memory limitation for cygwin apps -- update

[Allen H. Nugent]

At 12:56 PM 30/05/04, you wrote:
>At 10:55 PM 5/29/2004, you wrote:
> >I have 512 MB RAM but my application (openDX) will not access more than 
> 24 MB (even though its docum'n says it will grab 7/8 of free RAM by 
> default). I have seen postings by other users with different apps (e.g. 
> ImageMagick) that were also limited to 24 MB under cygwin.
>
>Really?  I don't recall seeing such postings.  Do you have some pointers?

Maybe I saw the ImageMagick one on their own list. At any rate, I have 
resolved the problem. Formerly, I had tried using a memory allocation 
switch when I ran my app (openDX), but it was ineffective. After upgrading 
my 6-month-old cygwin version to the latest one (with Xorg instead of 
Xfree) that switch actually works; I have no trouble allocating half my 
total RAM.

So, I guess we'll never no exactly where the problem was, but I'm happy now.

Thanks!


Allen H. Nugent
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
Tel: +61 2 9385 3916 Fax: +61 2 9663 2108 


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