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17 Apr
2003
17 Apr
'03
9:55 a.m.
I run tetex on linux (debian). I have compared the memory settings in the context section of both TeX Live 6 and 7, they are identical. Do you have any ideas?
i also wonder where the 60 meg of mem request comes from
Perhaps a broken PFB/TTF file? Or a circularly defined VF? Or a severely broken ls-R database? Or an erronuous format file? Running the executable under the debugger (gdb) will help to pinpoint the problem in these cases (the backtrace should show you from where xmalloc() was called). Also, there might not even *be* a problem. One of the reasons for malloc()'s failure can be the system-imposed limits on users (try 'sh -c ulimit' on the shell prompt) -- groeten, Taco