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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:03 am    Post subject: Runtime-Stack-Error Reply with quote

Dear Paul,

a few weeks ago Dr. Matthes sent you a CD-ROM with his
program PATRA which he could not get to work with FTN95 2.54
[32766]. You detected several link errors (unresolved
externals).
In the meantime Dr. Matthes "cleaned" his program and it can
now be linked without any problems. However the original
problem still occurs: when his arrays become to big, a stack
error occurs. A problem which I could not solve by simply
increasing the stack size via the SLINK command
"-stack:...".
Dr. Matthes advised me to change the PARAMETER mstp in
HS.FOR to a smaller value (for example 1000000) and then we
don't encounter any problems (the program runs without any
error). I have run several tests and monitored during its
start the task manager). Here are the results I obtained on
my system: Windows XP Pro, 512 MB RAM, max. 2 GB paging
file.

mstp=100 000 -> PATRA.EXE starts, no Runtime-Stack-Error;
paging file: grows up to 1.03 GB.
mstp=500 000 -> PATRA.EXE starts, no Runtime-Stack-Error;
paging file: grows up to 1.22 GB.
mstp=1 000 000 -> PATRA.EXE starts, no
Runtime-Stack-Error; paging file: grows up to 1.47 GB.
mstp=1 500 000 -> PATRA.EXE starts, no
Runtime-Stack-Error; paging file: grows up to 1.71 GB.
mstp=1 900 000 -> PATRA.EXE starts, no
Runtime-Stack-Error; paging file: grows up to 1.95 GB.
mstp=2 000 000 -> PATRA.EXE starts a with
Runtime-Stack-Error; paging file: grows up to 1.97 GB. I
have tried to change the stack size using the appropriate
SLINK command, but couldn't get rid of the error. Even
worse, after several starts of PATRA the PC "freezes" and a
cold reboot becomes necessary.

Dr. Matthes needs PATRA with mstp being up to 5 000 000 in
size. His PC is equipped with 2 GB of RAM and he even thinks
of extending it to 3 or 4 GB.

Do you have an idea why his program doesn't work on my PC
although I increased the stack to huge sizes?
Do you think that this makes sense simply to extend his PC's
RAM? My impression is that the error is to be found in
SALFLIBC.DLL.
I have the source file available however I don't know how to send it to you (it should
be available to you only).

Please let me know. Thank you.

Kind regards

Joerg Kuthe
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:33 am    Post subject: Runtime-Stack-Error Reply with quote

If you are using an operating system like Windows XP and have version 4.8 of FTN95,
then you can increase the available address space from 2GB to 3GB.
To do this you need to add the /3GB flag to your boot.ini.
You also need to compile without /DEBUG (/CHECK, /UNDEF etc) or use the (unsafe)
/3GB option with SLINK.

On a 64-bit machine it may be possible to extend the address space to 4GB but I have
not tested this. Above 4GB you will need to use a 64-bit machine with a 64-bit compiler.

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