Hi, I am not able to enlarge the memory size from the 256 MB default. Specifically, a perl script fails after allocating 256 MB (I get is a message "Out of memory!" when running /bin/perl.exe; in Task Manager, perl.exe had just grown its private working set to 266,xxx).

I tried the following two commands, to no avail. None of the tips I found on the FAQ or mailing lists (=basically these two) worked.

% regtool -i set /HKLM/Software/Cygwin/heap_chunk_in_mb 2000
% regtool -v list /HKLM/Software/Cygwin
Installations\ ()
Program Options\ ()
setup\ (Cygwin)
heap_chunk_in_mb (REG_DWORD) = 0x000007d0 (2000)

% peflags --cygwin-heap=2000 /bin/perl.exe  
% peflags --cygwin-heap /bin/perl.exe
/bin/perl.exe: initial Cygwin heap size: 2000 (0x7d0) MB

For the reg entry, I also tried HKCU; and I closed the terminal (rxvt) and checked Task Manager that I don't I see any other Cygwin tool running, assuming this will get the DLL unloaded.

I am running on a x64 Windows Server 20*12*. Could that be a problem? 2012 is listed as supported in the FAQ, but maybe something changed that got missed, e.g. some WOW reg key mapping? (The reg entry does show up in regedt32 under Wow6432Node\Cygwin; I also tried to manually create it outside the Wow node.) I am member of the local admin group.

Thanks, and many many thanks to you guys for doing Cygwin!

Frank

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cygcheck output attached

systeminfo:

Host Name:                 ****
OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
OS Version:                6.2.9200 N/A Build 9200
OS Manufacturer:           Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration:          Member Server
OS Build Type:             Multiprocessor Free
Registered Owner:          Windows User
Registered Organization:
Product ID:                00184-90000-00001-AA620
Original Install Date:     7/1/2013, 10:55:04 AM
System Boot Time:          7/5/2013, 10:30:46 AM
System Manufacturer:       Dell Inc.
System Model:              Precision T7600
System Type:               x64-based PC
Processor(s):              2 Processor(s) Installed.
                           [01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~1600 Mhz
                           [02]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~1200 Mhz
BIOS Version:              Dell Inc. A05, 11/8/2012
Windows Directory:         C:\Windows
System Directory:          C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device:               \Device\HarddiskVolume4
System Locale:             en-us;English (United States)
Input Locale:              en-us;English (United States)
Time Zone:                 (UTC+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi
Total Physical Memory:     130,998 MB
Available Physical Memory: 104,033 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size:  151,478 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 123,520 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use:    27,958 MB
Page File Location(s):     C:\pagefile.sys
Domain:                    ****
Logon Server:              ****
Hotfix(s):                 66 Hotfix(s) Installed.
                           [01]: KB2727528
                           [02]: KB2729462
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