Re: AW: AW: WG: AW: error: memory exhausted or requested size too large for range of Octave's index type

[Martin Helm]

Am Dienstag, 12. April 2011, 23:58:50 schrieb Oz Nahum Tiram:
>  Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:20:28 +0100 (BST)
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> > From: Sina Calmote <address@hidden>
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> > Subject: AW: AW: WG: AW: error: memory exhausted or requested size too
> >        large   for range of Octave's index type
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> > ----- Urspr?ngliche Mail ----
> > Von: Martin Helm <address@hidden>
> > An: Robert McDonald <address@hidden>
> > CC: Jordi Guti?rrez Hermoso <address@hidden>; Octave
> > <address@hidden> Gesendet: Sonntag, den 10. April 2011, 16:18:12 Uhr
> > Betreff: Re: AW: WG: AW: error: memory exhausted or requested size too
> > large for range of Octave's index type
> > 
> > Am Samstag, den 09.04.2011, 17:15 -0500 schrieb Robert McDonald:
> >> > I reduced it to the absolute minimum to get the error by saving the
> > 
> > variables
> > 
> >> > T and R
> >> > 
> >> > load T
> >> > load R
> >> > plot(R, T(:,1), "-r", R, T(:,2), "-b")
> >> > 
> >> > gives the error on ubuntu 10.10 32bit (but not on my opensuse), can
> >> > someone confirm? Since I am too tired now and cannot directly see the
> >> > error I stop
> >>
> >>with
> >>
> >> > that at the moment.
> >> 
> >> Wow, nice job creating a test case!
> >> 
> >> I can confirm that your script *does* give the error on 10.04 32-bit.
> >> It does *not* give the error on 10.04 64-bit.
> >> 
> >> I just checked and Pyramide.m gives a different error on 64-bit 10.04,
> >> causing a segfault. The preceding error is "warning: ft_render:
> >> skipping missing glyph for character '?'"
> >> 
> >> Bob
> >>
> >>I think the segfault you see is probably unrelated, I cannot see it with
> >>64 bit openSUSE, so it seems to be something different.
> >>The error for 32bit versions exists also on openSUSE 32bit, I made a
> >>virtual machine for it and tested quickly with the octave 3.4 from the
> >>packman repository and then with one I compiled myself, so it is not
> >>ubuntu specific.
> >>It is clear that this has nothing to do with memory (the matrices are a
> >>few kilobyte in size and the plot command is invoked on ridiculous small
> >>vectors).
> >>
> >>I will try to find out where this message really comes from. But I have
> >>to say that I am really not good in understanding the source code of the
> >>plot internals.
> >>
> > Hey there
> > after all I am confused. Is it true, that the error "memory exhausted..."
> > is due to an bug?
> 
> I join the qeustion, I get the same error with out understanding why.
> would be happy to hear.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Oz
> 
I filed a bug report on that
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?33072