From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2790: emacs 22.1.1 cannot open 5GB file on 64GB 64-bit Linux box Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:10:05 +0200 Message-ID: References: <3c6c07c20903260850r180e942dscb2c61d1096793f8@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1315779475 29987 80.91.229.12 (11 Sep 2011 22:17:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:17:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2790@debbugs.gnu.org To: Mike Coleman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 12 00:17:50 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2sLV-00068t-Ux for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:17:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34246 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2sLV-0007Zi-FM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:17:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:36799) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2sLR-0007Y5-SW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:17:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2sLQ-0002bs-P4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:17:45 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35972) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2sLQ-0002bk-MK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:17:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2sPa-00087e-1W; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:22:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 2790 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2790-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B2790.131577971531202 (code B ref 2790); Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:22:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2790) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Sep 2011 22:21:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2sPS-000879-5S for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:21:54 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2sPQ-000871-Am for 2790@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:21:52 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R2sLA-0002eH-75; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:17:28 +0200 In-Reply-To: <3c6c07c20903260850r180e942dscb2c61d1096793f8@mail.gmail.com> (Mike Coleman's message of "Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:50:35 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Now-Playing: Alasdair Roberts's _Spoils_: "Under No Enchantment (But My Own)" X-MailScanner-ID: 1R2sLA-0002eH-75 MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1316384248.33337@3n57UT4S5WmSutLadedi1Q X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:22:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:51017 Archived-At: Mike Coleman writes: > I'm trying to open a large (between 4GB and 5GB) file on a x86-64 > Linux box that has 64GB of RAM. I'm getting the error message > "Maximum buffer size exceeded". A lot of work has gone into making Emacs 24 usable for visiting buffers that are larger than 2GB. But I'm not sure if Emacs 24 is quite there yet. Has anybody tried this lately? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/