[gmx-users] xpm2ps failure - memory allocation

[Justin A. Lemkul]

David van der Spoel wrote:
> On 2010-09-14 15.12, Justin A. Lemkul wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm having a problem with xpm2ps failing in both version 4.5 and the
>> current git version (pulled just a few minutes ago). The program exits
>> with:
>>
>> xpm2ps(24704) malloc: *** error for object 0x803201: pointer being
>> reallocated was not allocated
>> *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Program xpm2ps, VERSION 4.5.1-2010-09-14 13:11:27 +0200-b953b64
>> Source code file: smalloc.c, line: 214
>>
>> Fatal error:
>> Not enough memory. Failed to realloc 10012 bytes for *line, 
>> *line=0x803201
>> (called from file matio.c, line 197)
>> For more information and tips for troubleshooting, please check the 
>> GROMACS
>> website at http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Errors
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "Pump Up the Volume Along With the Tempo" (Jazzy Jeff)
>> : Cannot allocate memory
>>
>> Version 4.0.7 produces the correct output from the same input files
>> (.xpm and .m2p). Any ideas?
>>
>> -Justin
>>
> Please submit a bugzilla, don't forget to specify the machine used, 
> since this kind of message is very much dependent on the libc version.
> 

Berk's fixes seem to have solved the problem.  If it would still be useful to 
sort out any underlying issues, I can certainly file a bugzilla, just let me know.

-Justin

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