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Re: [ECS] Bug in ECSW - System resources eaten up Mark Gilmore Mon, 24 Aug 1998 08:21:04 -0700

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NOTE TO W95 USERS: The FREE-MEMORY Item reflects free physical
mem and is EXPECTED to fluctuate. This Item is of little use
under W95, such that I removed it from the example CFG.

Michael David wrote:
> 
> Hi Troy!
> 
> Sorry to hear you are having problems.  My system doesn't have that problem
> that you have described.  However, I do have a weird memory thing with MS
> Speech SDK 4.0 where the free memory continually decrements down to
> somewhere between 300 and 600K then jumps back up to 2meg and starts all
> over again.
> 
> Regardless, I never seem to run out of resources.  It's been several days
> since I have rebooted, and my available resources are as follows:
> System Resources: 77%
> User Resources: 77%
> GDI Resources: 94%
> 
> Could there be some other program you are using that is causing problems?
> What version of Windows95 are you running?  I vaguely seem to remember some
> sort of memory leak problem with TCP/IP I think, that was fixed with one of
> the updates.
> 
> Anybody else have any ideas?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Michael David
> michael@michaeldavid.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Troy Carpenter [mailto:troy.carpenter@arris-i.com]
> Sent:   Sunday, August 23, 1998 6:19 PM
> To:     'ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org'
> Subject:        [ECS] Bug in ECSW - System resources eaten up
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I sent this report to Mark on Saturday, but since my problem is major, I
> thought I would send it to the entire list and see if anyone else has
> noticed
> it.
> 
> I installed ECS-lite 2 days ago and have noticed a few problems with the
> windows version, but they all may be related on one root cause.  I had
> installed 3.4.021, but am now using 3.4.024.  I noticed this problem in both
> versions.
> 
> The main problem I have found is that ECS eventually chews up all the system
> and GDI resources.  I first found this with First Aid warning me of low
> resources.  Using the resource meter in W95, I determined when the resources
> are getting eaten.
> 
> The easiest way do to it is to edit an event, accept and save.  Then start
> switching between the group, events, items, and message screens
> continuously.
>  You should see your resources start to take a nose dive, eventually going
> to
> zero.   Later experiments show the resources being eaten just by switching
> between the different screens, as well as the different entries in the
> different areas.  It may also happen during event processing since the
> resources slowly decline even when no input is given to the program.  If I
> quit
> ECS, the resources return to their original levels.
> 
> Now, the other problems I have may be related...Sometimes the whole computer
> reboots out of the blue when I do something in ECS.  It is may be because
> the
> resources have gone to zero.  Other times ECS just dies.  I don't mean
> freezing, I mean the windows disappear.  System seems stable, though.  And
> finally, something (don't know what) causes ECS to go into a continuous
> redraw
> cycle and "ding" the system default sound.  There is no way to get out of
> ECS
> once this happens.  Pressing "ESC" stops it, but displays many error boxes
> that
> say "Error SC" or something like that.
> 
> Anyway, the pressing issue seems to be the System resources.  I just tried
> it
> again and my resources are down to 38% from 65% when I started.
> 
> Let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks
> 
> Troy Carpenter
> troy.carpenter@arris-i.com

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