At 12:08 19/04/2003 +0200, you wrote:

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run

kpsewhich texmf.cnf

locate the context section

decrease some mem values (main mem for instance)

regenerate formats with texexec --make (optionally --alone)

see if there's a change in the malloc message

Hans

ok!

If I decrease main_memory from 1500000 to 1000000 then pdfetex needs only 56000008 Bytes (60000008 bevor) this is a factor 8!

Why 8? If main_memory is given in words (longwords) I would expect a factor 2 (4), but not 8! ok, let it be quadwords!

Then I decreased further mem_bot from 4000000 to 3000000 pdfetex now needs 48000008 Bytes this is a factor 8 too!

The remaining 48000008 Bytes divided by 8 means 6000000 words? I have to set everything to zero then!?

It looks as if there is no memory at all!

In what units are all the memory entrys given?

memory words = 8 in this case i think that olaf / thomas can explain this best Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------