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tobt
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Memory exception under OsX
« on: Jul 9th, 2004, 9:42pm » |
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I get a java.lang.outOfMemory exception. So I want to increas the RAM of processing. But I don't know how to do this under Mac OsX. (There is no run.bat)
Thanks, tobt.
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mattgilbert
 
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Re: Memory exception under OsX
« Reply #1 on: Jul 9th, 2004, 11:57pm » |
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i've been getting these a lot, too, recently. I think it started when I started playing around with 3D and/or 3D text stuff. I haven't been able to make an sketch that caused the exception consistently or predictably, or else I would have posted it.
Matt
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fry
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Re: Memory exception under OsX
« Reply #2 on: Jul 10th, 2004, 12:50am » |
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right-click on Processing.app, select "show package contents" and go digging for the Info.plist file. there's an entry in the Info.plist for setting the ram level, it's gonna be -Xms128m and -Xmx128m or something like that, meaning 128 megs. adjust as necessary and see how it goes.
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tobt
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Re: Memory exception under OsX
« Reply #3 on: Jul 10th, 2004, 2:32pm » |
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on Jul 10th, 2004, 12:50am, fry wrote:| ... an entry in the Info.plist for setting the ram level, it's gonna be -Xms128m and -Xmx128m or something like that, meaning 128 megs. adjust as necessary and see how it goes. |
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can't find an entry like that in the info.plist file.
But there is a line in MRJApp.properties:
com.apple.mrj.application.gc.max=128M
But adjusting this seems to have no influence.
Any other ideas tobt
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fry
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Re: Memory exception under OsX
« Reply #4 on: Jul 10th, 2004, 6:40pm » |
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yikes, no wonder it's having trouble. try adding this before the last </dict>
Code: <key>Java</key>
<dict>
<key>VMOptions</key>
<string>-Xms512m</string>
<key>VMOptions</key>
<string>-Xmx512m</string>
</dict> |
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and see if that helps any. i haven't tried it but it's what another app i've done (with p5) looks like.
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mattgilbert
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Re: Memory exception under OsX
« Reply #5 on: Jul 11th, 2004, 4:39am » |
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when i did that, processing wouldn't open. it would hop once in the dock, but then stop and not open. I tried it with 512, 400, and 300.
matt
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mitchell
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Re: Memory exception under OsX
« Reply #6 on: Aug 13th, 2004, 3:39am » |
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I too had been running into memory problems (with bitmaps around 4Mpixels). Fry's suggestion to alter info.plist worked fine for me - P5 runs and no more outOfMemory.
FYI here's the text of the whole file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist SYSTEM "file://localhost/System/Library/DTDs/PropertyList.dtd">
<plist version="0.9">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
<string>processing.icns</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>Processing</string>
<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
<string>Pde1</string>
<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
<string>JavaApplicationStub</string>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>English</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>1.0a1</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>Java</key>
<dict>
<key>VMOptions</key>
<string>-Xms512m</string>
<key>VMOptions</key>
<string>-Xmx512m</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
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mattgilbert
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Re: Memory exception under OsX
« Reply #7 on: Aug 13th, 2004, 5:42am » |
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there were some minor differences between my Info.plist file and yours, but changing mine to be exactly like yours made the same thing happen. Processing wouldn't open.
I have changed a line in MRJApp.properties, though. from:
com.apple.mrj.application.gc.max=128M
to:
com.apple.mrj.application.gc.max=512M
Haven't had any more memory errors so far, although I haven't used it much since then.
Matt
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