[Bio-Linux] For people running GeneSpring on Bio-Linux machines

Bela Tiwari btiwari at ceh.ac.uk
Fri May 28 11:18:45 EDT 2004


Hello

It has come to our attention that the current updates to GeneSpring
contain a file called GeneSpring.lax with a line reading:

lax.nl.java.option.java.heap.size.max=


This line should in fact contain a number such as:

lax.nl.java.option.java.heap.size.max=1000000000


You or your users may not have noticed an issue with this yet, but when
the genomes they are trying to load hit a big enough size, they will!

The error resulting shows itself as a box labelled "Out of Memory" and
a message saying "Sorry, you have run out of memory. Please contact
Technical Support for help with this problem."



We have contacted Silicon Genetics about this problem, so the solutions
are to:

1) wait until Silicon Genetics puts out an updated GeneSpring.lax file
and put this in your /home/db/SiliconGenetics/GeneSpring/data   folder.

or

2) Edit the GeneSpring.lax file and add a number like that shown in the
line above.

There is some info about errors related to the GeneSpring.lax file on
the Silicon Genetics website at:

http://www.silicongenetics.com/cgi/TNgen.cgi/GeneSpring/GSnotes/Notes/dll_fatal_error


and we have requested that they add information specific to the
problems currently being seen.



thanks

Bela Tiwari


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Dr. Bela Tiwari
Lead Bioinformatician

CEH Oxford
Mansfield Road
Oxford, OX1 3SR
01865 281975

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