Issue 113079 - no module will run - "Repeated allocation of very large block"
Summary: no module will run - "Repeated allocation of very large block"
Status: CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE
Alias: None
Product: General
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 3.2
Hardware: PC Linux, all
: P2 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: thorsten.martens
QA Contact: issues@framework
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Keywords: needmoreinfo
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-07-11 05:03 UTC by glupie
Modified: 2010-07-21 11:10 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description glupie 2010-07-11 05:03:15 UTC 
Using OOo_3.2.0_LinuxX86-64_install_wJRE_en-US.tar.gz

Using the command line (trying to get SOME indication of what is happening - 
the same thing occurs when starting via a menu item) to start the programs. 
Attempting to run ANY of them produces: 


$ oocalc 

** (soffice:27404): WARNING **: unable to get gail version number 
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 262144000): 
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance. 
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 1048576000): 
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance. 


This immediately brings the system to a crawl consuming all memory and swap 
(several gigabytes of each). The application never appears (eventually, I have 
to kill it, of course).
Comment 1 Olaf Felka 2010-07-12 07:19:46 UTC 
Please be more detailed. What operating system are you using? Have you tried
that with native OOo 3.2.1 (http://download.openoffice.org/index.html)?
Comment 2 glupie 2010-07-13 13:25:26 UTC 
> Please be more detailed.

Let me know what you need.

> What operating system are you using?

I don't mean to be flip, but it should be obvious (from the file) that I am 
using x86_64 linux.

> Have you tried that with native OOo 3.2.1 (http://download.openoffice.org/
index.html)?

I hadn't before. Just tried it with the same results:

$ oocalc
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 131072000):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.
GC Warning: Repeated allocation of very large block (appr. size 524288000):
        May lead to memory leak and poor performance.

Maybe it is supposed to be encouraging that the program is only allocating 
blocks half the size as before, but that is not enough to get it to run.
Comment 3 Olaf Felka 2010-07-13 15:02:02 UTC 
Did you remove all of you OOo files that have been installed previous with your
Linux distribution? What Linux distribution are you using? Have you tried to
rename/remove your .openoffice.org directory in your $HOME?
Comment 4 glupie 2010-07-15 13:40:35 UTC 
> Did you remove all of you OOo files that have been installed
> previous with your Linux distribution?

No (both the OS and OOo were new installs).

> What Linux distribution are you using?

Gentoo.

> Have you tried to rename/remove your .openoffice.org
> directory in your $HOME?

I hadn't, but we have a winner (meaning that suggestion solved
the problem). THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Was there some way I was
supposed to know to do that?

I will mark this as invalid (although it seems there is SOME
kind of bug here). Unfortunately, I just blew away the files
without saving the bad copies, so now I couldn't reproduce it
if I tried.

Thanks again.
Comment 5 Mechtilde 2010-07-21 11:10:54 UTC 
invalid -> closed