st: out of memory/space error on Unix

[Partha Deb <partha.deb@hunter.cuny.edu>]

Hi all,

I'm running in to a memory/virtual memory (space) limit running Stata SE 9 
on a Sun Box running Solaris.  The machine has 8GB of RAM and plenty of 
free disk space, but I get a "3900  unable to allocate real 
<tmp>[287115,120]" error.  I've pasted relevant bits of the log below.

My own diagnosis is that this is not a problem of a real lack of memory or 
disk space to allocate for virtual memory, but indeed that there is problem 
with the space limits in the Stata directory.  I suspect this because I've 
seen a similar problem using SAS on this machine.  The workaround there was 
to add an option to redirect workspace to a different directory, e.g. sas 
-work ~/temp.  I'm guessing there's a similar workaround for Stata.  I do 
have a - cd ... - at the top of my do file, so if that automatically 
redirects workspace, this is "real" physical constraint.

Thanks in advance for all suggestions.

Cheers,

Partha



Current memory allocation
-------------------------

                   current                                 memory usage
   settable          value     description                 (1M = 1024k)
   --------------------------------------------------------------------
   set maxvar         5000     max. variables allowed           1.613M
   set memory          120M    max. data space                120.000M
   set matsize         400     max. RHS vars in models          1.254M
                                                           -----------
                                                              122.867M
<snip>

. ml maximize, search(off)

              ll_mmnl():  3900  unable to allocate real <tmp>[287115,120]
                <istmt>:     -  function returned error
r(3900);


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