Re: Lilypond crashes while compiling this (correct) file...

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 00:07:08 Rune Zedeler wrote:
> Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
>
> > > I have a file, which would not compile thou the end, but only until 
> > > a certain point. It crashes during the LaTeX portion:
>
> I have just experienced the same problems with a HUGE file. (48 
> staves with one voice in each, 385 measures. Should I just give up, 
> or should I keep struggling? I REALLY need the output!)
>
> > Increase your tex main memory (/etc/texmf.cnf),
>
> No file there (redhat 7.1)
> I found a texmf.cnf in /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
> but changing the main_memory in there didn't do anything.
> A comment in the file says that if changes don't take effect one 
> chould redump the file. What the #¤%#%& does that mean?
> (Btw, running under 1.4 because of vertical spacing problems of 1.5)
>
>
>
> -Rune
address@hidden:~$ locate texmf.cnf
/etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
/etc/texmf/texmf.cnf.dpkg-old
/var/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf> 
address@hidden:~$ cat /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
%%% This file is automatically generated by update-texmf
%
% Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add
% anything please take a look at the files in /etc/texmf/texmf.d, and
% invoke update-texmf.
%
%%% (snip)

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