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[IDV #JSW-346292]: IDV windows flash and disappear, when piped from a remote Linux machine

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  • Subject: [IDV #JSW-346292]: IDV windows flash and disappear, when piped from a remote Linux machine
  • Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:58:03 -0700
Dear Brian,

My limited understanding of this situation is that you have "Picked up 
_JAVA_OPTIONS" that are interfering with normal IDV start up. We advise you 
remove or comment out this environment variable from wherever it is originating 
(.cshrc?). 

Best Wishes,

Unidata IDV Support

> When I run IDV on a big Linux machine (after loading java and IDV "modules"),
> the memory counter behind the clock only shows 477MB.
> 
> When I changed it to 10000 in the preferences and restarted IDV,
> the counter still comes up at 477 MB. (several tries).
> Even though the Preferences pane shows this:
> [cid:c9a31ba2-7c02-48fc-864c-0d22c7086ba5@amazon.rsmas.miami.edu]
> 
> 
> 
> I think this might be from "Picked up" option -Xmx512m as shown below.
> How can I override it?
> 
> ----snip
> vis1{mapes} 372:  /nethome/mapes 5:29:04pm: runIDV
> /share/apps/IDV/IDV_3.1u1/runIDV: line 60: Picked: command not found
> Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xms16m -Xmx512m
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: JSW-346292
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed