From: Elton Fry <elton AT iafrica DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Allegro WIP (virtual memory exausted)
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 15:48:27 -0700
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Michal Mertl wrote:
> 
> krand AT ican DOT net (Andrew Ellem) wrote:
> >I've been having trouble compiling the latest Allegro WIP:
> 
> >Compiling the djgpp version of Allegro. Please wait...
> >gcc -I. -Isrc -Isrc/djgpp -Iobj/djgpp -Wall -W -Werror -m486 -O3 -ffast-math
> >-fo
> >mit-frame-pointer -o obj/djgpp/colblend.o -c src/colblend.c
> >src/colblend.c: In function `blend16_73':
> >src/colblend.c:227: virtual memory exhausted
> >make.exe: *** [obj/djgpp/colblend.o] Error 1
> 
> >I've never had problems compiling Allegro before, but after
> >taking a look at 'colblend.c', I'd guess the problem is the
> >fact that about 256 (or more) functions are defined.
> 
> >Any help would be appreciated. FYI I'm compiling under a Win95
> >Dos box.
> 
> >P.S. I've already looked at the DJGPP FAQ and couldn't find
> >any refrence to 'virtual memory exhausted'.
> 
> I answered to this in posting "virtual memory exhausted". On my system with
> 16MB ram I have to have >50MB free disk space and compile the file manually:
> type the line gcc -I. ... above. Even with 130MB free I wasn't able to
> compile it with makefile.
> 
> Michal 'MiMe' Mertl
> e-mail:XMERM05 AT vse DOT cz
No help, but I download the WIP today and got the same problem.  I tried
it under Win95 and plain Dos with Cw?DPMI. When I first installed
Allegro 2.2 is worked fine.