Re: possibel bug in setting total memory

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Jan 19, 2009; 3:18am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Intensity-over-time-measurements-tp3693469p3693472.html

On Jan 17, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Aryeh Weiss wrote:

> I find that when I set the max memory using
> Options-->Memory&threads...
>
> to a value over 1600 (eg, 2300MB), then I receive a warning that  
> setting to a value over 1600MB may cause IJ to not start. Fair  
> enough -- but I am using JRockit and in fact can  use a larger max  
> memory.
> So I click OK, but the max memory will be unchanged. If I put in a  
> "legal" value (ie under 1600MB), then it will be changed after the  
> next startup.
> I can work around this by manually entering the max memory in the  
> ImageJ.cfg file as -Xmx####m .
>
> I think that this behavior is new, and might have been introduced  
> as an unintended side effect of putting in the warning.

This bug is fixed in the v1.42h daily build.

-wayne