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- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: Out of memory error. 6M left though. HELP!
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 10:20:26 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.102026.17275@actrix.gen.nz>
- References: <1992Aug24.130324.21087@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <1992Aug25.124051@axion.bt.co.uk>
- Sender: Steve.Withers@actrix.gen.nz (Steve Withers)
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- In article <1992Aug25.124051@axion.bt.co.uk> djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson) writes:
- > |>
- > |> >Are you by any chance running the *new* kernel?
- > |> >I suspect it may have a bug :-(
- > |>
- > |> I am afraid I am, can anyone verify the bug though? I
- > |> thought it was
- > |> supposed to fix the memory problem but it seems it
- > |> doesn't. I still
- > |> find that when I return to the startup state, - that is
- > |> close everything
- > |> I started since startup -, the amount of memory left is
- > |> far less than
- > |> the amount I started with. I do have to >16Mb patch
- > |> installed though.
- > |>
- > Yes, I can verify this - I had the same problem with the new
- > kernel - this was
- > confirmed as a bug by the IBM help people in the UK. A fix is
- > unlikely before
- > the release of OS/2 2.1 or whatever it's going to be called,
- > however watch
- > software.watson.ibm.com as they could be wrong !
-
- I discovered something that might be useful. If you have any DOS programs
- running and they don't need to be active in the background.....then turn off
- the background execution in the settings. If you DON'T, then they stay in
- memory - doing nothing - and you get these annoying out-of-memory errors
- because.......as often as not......you ARE out of memory.
-
- Steve
- --
- Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | If you don't vote for MMP on
- Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz | September 19, 1992, then you
- withers_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz | must like things the way they
- **** Happy user of OS/2 v2!! **** | are.....can I live with YOU?
-