Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.0.20040529225355.0318c360@pop.theworld.com> X-Sender: Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 22:56:18 -0400 To: "Allen H. Nugent" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: memory limitation for cygwin apps In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20040530125236.02b10960@pop3.unsw.edu.au> References: <6 DOT 0 DOT 3 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 20040530125236 DOT 02b10960 AT pop3 DOT unsw DOT edu DOT au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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? >Are there some settings I can tweak so that cygwin will allocate a decent amount of RAM to applications running on it? I think you need to backup and explain your problem completely. See: >Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/