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> > Full Name: Ilan Levy > > Email Address: address@hidden > > Organization: Environment Canada > > Package Version: 2.9 > > Operating System: Win XP > > Hardware: > > Description of problem: > > > > Hi, > > > > I've upgraded to IDV 2.9 yesterday and then added some more Plugins > > (can't remember which ones exactly). Now when I try to open IDV I get the > > OutOfMemoryError below and I cannot open IDV to remove possible plugins > > that cause the error. This is now happening with other versions of IDV > > (e.g., 2.8b2). > > > > Please advise, > > Ilan Levy > > Ilan, > If this is a problem caused by the plugin, you can modify the IDV script > in the your machine (runIDV.bat), and add the option to run the IDV with no > plugin (-noplugins). Otherwsie > make sure your machine has enough memory to allow you allocate 1412m to run > IDV. > > > Yuan Ilan, I wonder how is your IDV working, if possible we do like to know which plugin causing the problem. Also, there is another way to remove the plugin, you can delete or rename the ~/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv/plugins directory. Let me know if you need help. Yuan > > > > > > C:\Program Files\IDV_2.9>jre\bin\java -Xmx1412m -Didv.enableStereo=false > > -jar idv.jar > > Exception in thread "Thread-94" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: unable to > > create new native thread > > at java.lang.Thread.start0(Native Method) > > at java.lang.Thread.start(Unknown Source) > > at sun.net.www.http.KeepAliveCache$1.run(Unknown Source) > > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > > at sun.net.www.http.KeepAliveCache.put(Unknown Source) > > at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.putInKeepAliveCache(Unknown Source) > > at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.finished(Unknown Source) > > at sun.net.www.http.KeepAliveStream.close(Unknown Source) > > at sun.net.www.MeteredStream.justRead(Unknown Source) > > at sun.net.www.MeteredStream.read(Unknown Source) > > at java.io.FilterInputStream.read(Unknown Source) > > at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$HttpInputStream.read(Unknown > > Source) > > at ucar.unidata.util.IOUtil.readBytes(IOUtil.java:1769) > > at ucar.unidata.util.IOUtil.readBytes(IOUtil.java:1731) > > at ucar.unidata.util.IOUtil.readBytes(IOUtil.java:1711) > > at ucar.unidata.util.IOUtil.readContents(IOUtil.java:1680) > > at ucar.unidata.util.IOUtil.readContents(IOUtil.java:1576) > > at > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$5.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:740) > > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1089) > > Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: unable > > to create new native thread > > at java.lang.Thread.start0(Native Method) > > at java.lang.Thread.start(Unknown Source) > > at java.awt.EventQueue.initDispatchThread(Unknown Source) > > at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source) > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PAT-794378 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed