Guest upperclass Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Hi all, I'm sorry if this post doesn't fit in this group. Any advice is appreciated. I'm running a program on cygwin in Windows XP and the program sometimes crashed because it used too much memory. The problem is that any programs that get run (by a script) after the crash becomes much slower than they usually are. My understanding is that somehow the memory was swapped out to disk during the first run (that crashed) and never quite recover. Is there a way to clean up this mess so that subsequent runs of any program do not suffer from the memory problem of earlier runs. Of course, I'm looking for a solution that can be automated (like a command or sthg) with a low overhead. Thanks!
Guest Kelly Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: Memory problem Have you tried MaxMem? Start/Run/Msconfig/Boot.ini/Advanced Options -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "upperclass" <thammaknot@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1190998559.092659.87130@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... > Hi all, > > I'm sorry if this post doesn't fit in this group. Any advice is > appreciated. > > I'm running a program on cygwin in Windows XP and the program > sometimes crashed because it used too much memory. The problem is that > any programs that get run (by a script) after the crash becomes much > slower than they usually are. > > My understanding is that somehow the memory was swapped out to disk > during the first run (that crashed) and never quite recover. > > Is there a way to clean up this mess so that subsequent runs of any > program do not suffer from the memory problem of earlier runs. Of > course, I'm looking for a solution that can be automated (like a > command or sthg) with a low overhead. > > Thanks! >
Guest upperclass Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: Memory problem No, I have not. what would that do? increase the amount of available memory?? My program can always consume more memory (4GB isn't enough in some case; which is fine) than I have available. Would this solve the problem w/ hard disk swapping? thanks! On Sep 28, 11:53 am, "Kelly" <ke...@mvps.org> wrote: > Have you tried MaxMem? > Start/Run/Msconfig/Boot.ini/Advanced Options > > -- > > All the Best, > Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) > > Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm > > "upperclass" <thammak...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1190998559.092659.87130@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... > > > Hi all, > > > I'm sorry if this post doesn't fit in this group. Any advice is > > appreciated. > > > I'm running a program on cygwin in Windows XP and the program > > sometimes crashed because it used too much memory. The problem is that > > any programs that get run (by a script) after the crash becomes much > > slower than they usually are. > > > My understanding is that somehow the memory was swapped out to disk > > during the first run (that crashed) and never quite recover. > > > Is there a way to clean up this mess so that subsequent runs of any > > program do not suffer from the memory problem of earlier runs. Of > > course, I'm looking for a solution that can be automated (like a > > command or sthg) with a low overhead. > > > Thanks!
Guest upperclass Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: Memory problem Ah..I see. I found some references on this and it seems like a decent solution. I'll try it out. Thanks ! On Sep 28, 1:47 pm, upperclass <thammak...@gmail.com> wrote: > No, I have not. > what would that do? increase the amount of available memory?? > > My program can always consume more memory (4GB isn't enough in some > case; which is fine) than I have available. > Would this solve the problem w/ hard disk swapping? > > thanks! > > On Sep 28, 11:53 am, "Kelly" <ke...@mvps.org> wrote: > > > Have you tried MaxMem? > > Start/Run/Msconfig/Boot.ini/Advanced Options > > > -- > > > All the Best, > > Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) > > > Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm > > > "upperclass" <thammak...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:1190998559.092659.87130@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm sorry if this post doesn't fit in this group. Any advice is > > > appreciated. > > > > I'm running a program on cygwin in Windows XP and the program > > > sometimes crashed because it used too much memory. The problem is that > > > any programs that get run (by a script) after the crash becomes much > > > slower than they usually are. > > > > My understanding is that somehow the memory was swapped out to disk > > > during the first run (that crashed) and never quite recover. > > > > Is there a way to clean up this mess so that subsequent runs of any > > > program do not suffer from the memory problem of earlier runs. Of > > > course, I'm looking for a solution that can be automated (like a > > > command or sthg) with a low overhead. > > > > Thanks!
Guest Kelly Posted October 2, 2007 Posted October 2, 2007 Re: Memory problem Great to hear, good luck! -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "upperclass" <thammaknot@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1191012658.299304.167960@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... > Ah..I see. I found some references on this and it seems like a decent > solution. > I'll try it out. Thanks ! > > On Sep 28, 1:47 pm, upperclass <thammak...@gmail.com> wrote: >> No, I have not. >> what would that do? increase the amount of available memory?? >> >> My program can always consume more memory (4GB isn't enough in some >> case; which is fine) than I have available. >> Would this solve the problem w/ hard disk swapping? >> >> thanks! >> >> On Sep 28, 11:53 am, "Kelly" <ke...@mvps.org> wrote: >> >> > Have you tried MaxMem? >> > Start/Run/Msconfig/Boot.ini/Advanced Options >> >> > -- >> >> > All the Best, >> > Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) >> >> > Taskbar Repair Tool >> > Plus!http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm >> >> > "upperclass" <thammak...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> >news:1190998559.092659.87130@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... >> >> > > Hi all, >> >> > > I'm sorry if this post doesn't fit in this group. Any advice is >> > > appreciated. >> >> > > I'm running a program on cygwin in Windows XP and the program >> > > sometimes crashed because it used too much memory. The problem is >> > > that >> > > any programs that get run (by a script) after the crash becomes much >> > > slower than they usually are. >> >> > > My understanding is that somehow the memory was swapped out to disk >> > > during the first run (that crashed) and never quite recover. >> >> > > Is there a way to clean up this mess so that subsequent runs of any >> > > program do not suffer from the memory problem of earlier runs. Of >> > > course, I'm looking for a solution that can be automated (like a >> > > command or sthg) with a low overhead. >> >> > > Thanks! > >
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