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From: tarvaine@tukki.jyu.fi (Tapani Tarvainen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: too small mouse??
Summary: Starbase complains mouse is full in 9000/300
Message-ID: <1082@tukki.jyu.fi>
Date: 2 Aug 89 08:16:26 GMT
Reply-To: tarvaine@tukki.jyu.fi (Tapani Tarvainen)
Organization: University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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How is it possible to run out of space *on a mouse*:

Starbase error 2053: Shared memory call failed.
        procedure name:         track
        File descriptor:        7
        Device file name:       /dev/locator
        Library location:       operating system utilities (0)
        System errno:           No space left on device.

We have a 9000/370 server and diskless 319s and 340s, running HP-UX 6.5.
The error is rather weird:  After boot everything works fine for
several days, but then it seems the mouse fills up and won't work
until reboot.  

What does this mean?

The same phenomenon occurs with all locally written programs that use
Starbase or GKS; it is possible that something is wrong in the
programs, any ideas where to look?  It is also possible that the
programs are occasionally terminated violently, perhaps something
they've reserved isn't freed then.  (In any event I think whatever
resources are allocated to them should be released when the programs
terminate.)

Is there any way to clear the mouse, short of booting?

-- 
Tapani Tarvainen    (tarvaine@jyu.fi, tarvainen@finjyu.bitnet)