From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Mon Sep 5 15:49:12 2005 X-Original-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Delivered-To: fnaumann@mail.boerde.de Subject: Re: [MiNT] Mint Bug? From: Mark Duckworth To: Janez Valant Cc: Mint List In-Reply-To: <200509050722.12680.jvalant@atari.org> References: <1125871743.23405.23.camel@mduckworth.phillypark.net> <1468577531.20050905030526@der-ingo.de> <200509050722.12680.jvalant@atari.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 09:43:33 -0400 Message-Id: <1125927813.2894.8.camel@mduckworth.phillypark.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.1.fc4.nr) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-To: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: mduckworth@atari-source.com Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on relay.boerde.de X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 tagged_above=-50.5 required=7.0 tests=AWL, BAYES_00 X-Spam-Level: On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 07:22 +0200, Janez Valant wrote: > > > So I ran a test. It allocates 1 megabyte every 1 second, tells you if > > > the pointer is null or not, and then runs "free". > > > > Could u post the source code? > > I just wrote a little GFA program that does the same (I think) but I > > dont get this behaviour that you describe (Milan 060). > > > > To me it sounds really weird that MALLOC fails?! > > Hi, > > I recently also experienced odd MALLOC() behaviour. MALLOC in TOS (14Mb Ram) > allocated all free ram, instead few hundred kilobytes... Don't know if its > GFA or OS related problem... I found programs compiled on ARAnyM and on Keith's machine don't exhibit this behavior on my falcon. However, i installed a new mintlib from sparemint and it didn't fix it. So the issue seems quite localized to my falcon (which is good), but I don't know what it is (which is bad). Thanks, Mark