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in article B57D9CCE.C304%BenManton@go.to, Ben Manton at BenManton@go.to
wrote on 6/26/00 9:54 AM:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Mac OS 8.6 on a PowerMac 5500/250 with 96MB ram and my problem
> is this.... 
> Conflict Catcher is reporting this error on some of the Extensions and
> Control Panels I'm currently using... "Warning! This file is using more
> memory in the system heap at startup than it is requesting."
> So my question is...
> How can I increase the amount that these files request so that I can
> minimise any errors and crashes in the day to day running of the machine.
> I would appreciate you responding to my e-mail address as well on this since
> I think my news server spits stuff off pretty quickly.
> 
 
Conflict Catcher is reporting the value contained in a resource in the
extension/cp/whatever that the System uses to expand the System Heap.

The extn developer is supposed to figure out how much ram the thing needs,
and then put this value in the resource. The System expands it heap by the
amount in the resource for each extn that loads. Often the value is missing
(actually the entire resource is missing) or the value is simply wrong. If
your System tends to run out of ram for the Finder, or seems to be using up
Temporary Memory (not that you can really tell easily), you'll want to
update that resource. Get a resource editor, and change the 'sysz' resource.
There's a value in there that represents the ram request.

in article B57D9CCE.C304%BenManton@go.to, Ben Manton at BenManton@go.to
wrote on 6/26/00 7:54 AM:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Mac OS 8.6 on a PowerMac 5500/250 with 96MB ram and my problem
> is this....
that is a result of the system not having enough memory
you may want to buy more RAM.
> Conflict Catcher is reporting this error on some of the Extensions and
> Control Panels I'm currently using... "Warning! This file is using more
> memory in the system heap at startup than it is requesting."
your system has a modern Memory Manager
Set your Cache to its lowest setting and see if that helps
> So my question is...
> How can I increase the amount that these files request so that I can
> minimise any errors and crashes in the day to day running of the machine.
Disable some unneeded extentions. also Minamize your controlpannels.
> I would appreciate you responding to my e-mail address as well on this since
> I think my news server spits stuff off pretty quickly.
> 
> Thank you in advance for you help.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ben
> ----------------------------------------
> PowerMac 5500/250MHz running OS 8.6 on 96MB RAM
> {http://go.to/BenManton}
> ----------------------------------------
> 

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In article <B5B885D4.19B6%29336250613@home.com>, Justin Cardinal 
Schubert <29336250613@home.com> wrote:

> in article B57D9CCE.C304%BenManton@go.to, Ben Manton at BenManton@go.to
> wrote on 6/26/00 7:54 AM:
> 
> > I'm running Mac OS 8.6 on a PowerMac 5500/250 with 96MB ram and my 
> > problem is this....

> that is a result of the system not having enough memory
> you may want to buy more RAM.

96MB of RAM is plenty.  Especially if VM is turned on, as it should be.

> > Conflict Catcher is reporting this error on some of the Extensions and
> > Control Panels I'm currently using... "Warning! This file is using more
> > memory in the system heap at startup than it is requesting."

> your system has a modern Memory Manager
> Set your Cache to its lowest setting and see if that helps

Huh?  I haven't heard that one before.  The disk cache should generally 
be at its default.  The errors mentioned aren't that big of a deal, and 
they're due to incorrect factory settings in the extensions and control 
panels in question, not anything involving the configuration of the 
local system.  I'd suggest writing to the authors of each of them and 
letting them know of the error messages, but in general that message is 
fairly benign.

-Eric

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