eclipse-gdb - virtual memory exhausted

QNX DEVELOPERS General Programming
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…/…/gdb/utils.c:983: gdb-internal-error: virtual memory exhausted: can’t allocate 10654992 bytes.

This is the message i got when trying to read a global Structure in the GDB.

Add Global Variables → myGlobStruct

The moment i try to open the struct in the Variables-widget, this error shows up and no information about the structure is given.

Is there a parameter for giving more memory to gdb?
Running with 1.5GB Ram seems not to be enough. The pagefile shoots up to almost 2 GB when trying to read this structure.

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We found a workaround for this:

Setting the maximum size of the pagefile to 4 GB
and setting the Timouts in eclipse->window->preferences->C/C+±>Debug->GDB MI to 40 sec. debug-timout and 50 sec. launch-timout

made it possible watching the big global structure

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You may also find this post of interest. While the default QNX installation should check and see
if the key is set to a “largish” size, it is woth doubl checking:
sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/200 … 00267.html

Hope this helps