Re: space/semaphore warning messages

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From: Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Date: 05/09/2001 08:54:20

Are you calling pfExit when you are done?

Cheers,Angus.

Colin Bannister wrote:
>
> I am having difficulty getting a performer application ported to
> Performer 2.4 on linux (it works OK on Irix, performer 2.2).
>
> Behaviour is erratic, and seems to degrade with each invocation of the
> program. On first run, all seems well, but subsequent runs produce
> corrupted displays, and eventually blank displays. I have also seen the
> message below, when the application fails to run at all. If I use the
> 'rmsem' utility the program will run again, but the behaviour still
> degrades badly.
>
> The program seems to be using system resources, which are not freed when
> it exits.
> Can anyone give any hints as to what I should look for in my code?
> This application is using the C++ API.
>
> thanks,
> Colin
>
> [ccb++at++larch ccb]$ CBfly esprit.flt
> PF ================================================
> PF = OpenGL Performer 2.4 =
> PF = DEMO EDITION =
> PF ================================================
> PF = For information about purchasing the full =
> PF = OpenGL Performer product, visit =
> PF = http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/ =
> PF = =
> PF = Demo License Expiration in 53 days =
> PF ================================================
> PF Warning/Internal: perror: No space left on device
> PF Warning/SysErr(28): arena_create: could not create semaphore
> PF ---------------------------------------------
> PF All system semaphores have been allocated.
> PF Use the 'ipcs -s' and 'ipcrm' commands to
> PF identify and free semaphores no longer in
> PF use, or run '/usr/share/Performer/bin/rmsem'.
> PF Fatal/SysErr: pfInitArenas() usinit failed for
> /usr/tmp/pfSemaFile.YqoFPi
>
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>
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