[Bug 23937] New: [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23937

Summary: [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free
                    memory information needs some hard limits.
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.0
          Platform: x86
               URL: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=versi
                    on&iId=11482
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: dos
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

(In reply to comment #21 From  Andrew Nguyen ) of bug 12874
<snip>
> For the next problem:
>
> fixme:int31:DPMI_xalloc failed to allocate linearly growing memory (2148921344
> bytes), using non-linear growing...
> fixme:int31:DPMI_xalloc failed to allocate any memory of 2148921344 bytes!
> fixme:int31:DPMI_xalloc failed to allocate linearly growing memory (2148511744
> bytes), using non-linear growing...
> fixme:int31:DPMI_xalloc failed to allocate any memory of 2148511744 bytes!
> fixme:int31:DPMI_xalloc failed to allocate linearly growing memory (2148102144
> bytes), using non-linear growing...
> fixme:int31:DPMI_xalloc failed to allocate any memory of 2148102144 bytes!
> ...
>
> For some reason, the application uses the queried DPMI free memory information
> to try to allocate all available memory, and it spends a huge amount of time
> doing this until it crashes. Hacking DPMI_xalloc to reject allocation sizes
> larger than 512 MB (or some reasonable arbitrary value) gets the application to
> start. Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits for
> applications like this one. There are many more issues after this, but that
> would seem to belong in another bug report.

TMG 4.0d freezes and is unresponsive as per Andrews explanation.

[Bug 23937] [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23937

--- Comment #1 from nathan.n  2010-09-09 21:33:23 CDT ---
present in wine 1.3.1 and wine 1.3.2

[Bug 23937] [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23937

--- Comment #2 from nathan.n  2010-09-10 00:15:26 CDT ---
Ok Found a way to get TMG4 running:

Create a "config.fpw" (or download the attachment ) with the following
settings:
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TITLE=The Master Genealogist

MVCOUNT=3000

CODEPAGE=AUTO

POINT="."

MEMLIMIT = 5, 16384 ,262144
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And copy "config.fpw" to the "c:\TMGW" directory before starting the program.

Only question is why TMG4 works fine on Window 3.1 thru Windows XP without
needing this change?
--
Used the following useful tidbits to find the workaround:
-----------
http://news.rootsweb.com/th/read/TMG/2002-05/1020890723

RootsWeb: TMG-L RE: [TMG] Installation trouble - Suggestions . . . .:

From: "Mycek-Memoli, Anne"
Subject: RE: [TMG] Installation trouble - Suggestions . . . .

Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 16:45:23 -0400

<snip>

4. When Ultimate Family Tree started working, and TMG still wasn't working

(both are FoxPro for Windows Apps), I looked for similarities, and found

CONFIG.FPW files associated with both of the programs. I printed a copy of

the Ultimate Family Tree - CONFIG.FPW file, and started adding parameters to

the TMG - CONFIG.FPW file, and after some trial and error, finally got TMG

working.

The parameters that I tweaked (in the TMG - CONFIG.FPW file) were:

MEMLIMIT=50 (it was originally set to 100, which means 100% of memory)

<snip>

So my Config.FPW file looks like this:

TITLE=The Master Genealogist

RESOURCE = TMGWUSR.DBF

MVCOUNT = 3000

CODEPAGE = AUTO

POINT="."

MEMLIMIT=50

<snip>
--------------------------------------------------
Which lead me to

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1043754&page=6

Microsoft: FoxPro (old versions 1 to 2.6) Forum(thread182-1043754)
 Error: Too many memory variables

rgbean (Programmer)

19 Apr 05 15:12

You may need the other two parameters for MEMLIMIT. I use:

CODE

MEMLIMIT = 80, 2048, 16384

Remember that the first number is the percentage of available memory to use,
the second is the minimum RAM memory required (in K's), and the third is the
maximum RAM requested. FP always uses the lesser of the first and third, and in
my experience, if you give it more than 16MB, it can also fail.

Unless you've changed the number of varibles required in the program, 1024
should be sufficient.

One last thing are you sure you are actually using this CONFIG.FPW? Do you
explicitly use this CONFIG by using the command line switch -c in your
shortcut?

---
And:
http://rickschummer.com/blog/2008/06/vfp-include-configfpw-in-exe.html

Rick Schummer 
VFP: Include Config.FPW in EXE 
Sunday, June 22, 2008

[Bug 23937] [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23937

--- Comment #3 from nathan.n  2010-09-10 00:16:24 CDT ---
Created an attachment (id=30669)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=30669)
modified config.fpw to copy to c:\tmgw

[Bug 23937] [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23937

nathan.n  changed:

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[Bug 23937] [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23937

--- Comment #4 from nathan.n  2010-10-02 21:44:33 CDT ---
present in wine 1.3.4

[Bug 23937] [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23937

--- Comment #5 from nathan.n  2011-09-21 23:00:13 CDT ---
Present in Wine 1.3.28

[Bug 23937] [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23937

--- Comment #6 from nathan.n  2011-11-09 02:15:28 CST ---
Present in Wine 1.3.32

[Bug 23937] [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23937

--- Comment #7 from Austin English  2013-11-13 16:52:33 CST ---
This is your friendly reminder that there has been no bug activity for 2 years.
Is this still an issue in current (1.7.6 or newer) wine? If so, please attach
the terminal output in 1.7.6 (see http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log).

[Bug 23937] [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits.

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23937

Austin English  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |ABANDONED

--- Comment #8 from Austin English  ---
Abandoned.

[Bug 23937] [The Master Genealogist 4.0d] Perhaps the DPMI free memory information needs some hard limits.

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23937

Austin English  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #9 from Austin English  ---
Closing.