[Info-vax] help needed diagnosing/debugging java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/17/2011 8:23 AM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article<4e4b2601$0$314$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=<arne at vajhoej.dk>  writes:
>> On 8/16/2011 9:59 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article<4e4b055e$0$314$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=<arne at vajhoej.dk>   writes:
>>>> On 8/16/2011 9:07 AM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>>> In article<4e49c081$0$314$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=<arne at vajhoej.dk>    writes:
>>>>>> On 8/15/2011 8:43 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>>>>> In article<4e4994ad$0$312$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=<arne at vajhoej.dk>     writes:
>>>>>>>> On 8/15/2011 2:11 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>>>>>>> What the subject says...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> An application in development for use on an OpenVMS system is tossing up
>>>>>>>>> this error.  I've increased the page file quota for APACHE$WWW to 1M and
>>>>>>>>> there is still this error.  The logs produced by this Java stuff do not
>>>>>>>>> tell much.  Is there some way to get a dump or more logging?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> PS. I don't do Java (unless it's in my coffee mug) and thus, I'm not the
>>>>>>>>> one developing the app.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> First: 512 MB is not that much today.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Second: what value does the -Xmx option for the java command? (it also
>>>>>>>> limits the maximum memory that can be allocated)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, it pukes with -Xmx384m
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then try 512m 768m 1024m (and make sure that there is backing for it).
>>>>>
>>>>> The STARTUP pukes @ -Xmx384m complaining about memory.
>>>>
>>>> Does the account starting the app have more
>>>> than 384 MB available (page file quota)?
>>>
>>> SYSTEM account has 2000000 on this particular machine.  That's a gig in
>>> my book.
>>
>> Yup.
>>
>> What exactly does "pukes" mean?
>
> the out of memory errors.
>
>> And what Java version?
>
> 1.5.07  This is on Alpha.

Does it run with 768m?

Arne