Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb From: rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (Randy Buckland) Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Re: Debugger problem Message-ID: <72@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 11:16:22 EST Article-I.D.: rti-sel.72 Posted: Mon Jan 21 11:16:22 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 24-Jan-85 19:08:52 EST References: <4255@ucbvax.ARPA> Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 22 > From: Allan A. Miller > > I am using the debugger on a Pascal program - it allows me to set a breakpoint > in a procedure, and when I hit the breakpoint I can examine a boolean variable > in the procedure, but when I try to examine a subfield of a record that is > a dereferenced pointer (eg. s^.length), I get the error > %DEBUG-E-NOFREE, no free storage available > This error happens even while examining global pointer variables. The manual > suggests using the CANCEL MODULE command, but since the whole program is one > module, that won't work (the program is only about 5400 lines). > > I tried increasing various memory quotas to no avail. Also, when using the > SHOW MODULE command, the debugger indicates that there is still space > available! Has anyone ever seen this problem? > Allan Check if the current module has it's symbols loaded. The module probably has too many symbols for the free memory. Randy Buckland Research Triangle Institute ...!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb