Thanks, Mike. I'll give that a shot :) -- George Patrick Tektronix, Inc. Central Engineering, EDS Applications Support P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512 Beaverton, OR 97077-0001 * 503-627-5272 (voice) * 503-627-5587 (fax) http://www.tektronix.com http://www.pcb-designer.com "Off-Grid and Proud of it!" -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Catrambone Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 10:15 To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird George, You may have already done this or fixed the issue but I had a similar experience on Solaris many years back and I found that by deleting the Allegro generated temp files corrected the issue. So on windows if you retarget TEMP to a different folder then maybe it will do the trick. The weird thing is the actually text file from Show Element was being generated inside /tmp on Solaris but for some reason Allegro could not open it. I believe there were some control files that were generated in /tmp that control the text files and that appeared to be the culprit, for me at least back then. Good luck. Hope this helps, Michael Catrambone UTStarcom, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 11:01 AM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird Yes, I was worried that it was on the user's central chare (which has limited disk space). Thanks! -- George Patrick Tektronix, Inc. Central Engineering, EDS Applications Support P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512 Beaverton, OR 97077-0001 * 503-627-5272 (voice) * 503-627-5587 (fax) http://www.tektronix.com http://www.pcb-designer.com "Off-Grid and Proud of it!" -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Seeger Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 07:24 To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird George - one more thought from engineering here, Does the TEMP variable on windows have a drive letter on the systems with the problem? -barbara > From: george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Might be, wouldn't be the first time an old issue crept back into the > code. I can open the same databases that crash these two user's systems > (which is ALL of them) on my system and they work fine. :(( > > Barbara: > > The variables are set identically to the other 250 odd systems around > here with Allegro on them. That's why we script the installation :) > > I think I may just tell them we need to reload Windows on one of the > systems. We can do the other one if it clears things up. > > Thanks to everyone who responded... <:^} > > -- > George Patrick > Tektronix, Inc. > Central Engineering, EDS Applications Support > P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512 > Beaverton, OR 97077-0001 > * 503-627-5272 (voice) * 503-627-5587 (fax) > http://www.tektronix.com http://www.pcb-designer.com > > "Off-Grid and Proud of it!" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bye, Randy W > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 06:12 > To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird > > > About a year ago I had a problem with show element and measure crashing > Allegro 15.7. The problem was fixed with, "PCR 4002562 Display Measure > is crashing Allegro". Maybe it is broken again??? As I recall the > problem was a bit random and did not happen every time you used measure > or show element. But when it did happen it was reproducible with the jrl > file. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:43 PM > To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird > > > There is 2GB of memory in the beast, virtual doesn't even budge when a > DB is loaded. > > Show element causes the same error as the measure does :{ > > Got an idea? :) > > -- > George Patrick > Tektronix, Inc. > Central Engineering, EDS Applications Support > P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512 > Beaverton, OR 97077-0001 > * 503-627-5272 (voice) * 503-627-5587 (fax) > http://www.tektronix.com http://www.pcb-designer.com > > "Off-Grid and Proud of it!" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Seeger > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 15:01 > To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird > > > > How about memory - > > Does the virtual memory change in the task manager if you watch it > before opening allegro, after , and then when show measure is performed? > > Does show element operate? > > > -Barbara > > > > > > > > That was the second thing I did :D > > > > Thanks, Barbara > > > > -- > > George Patrick > > Tektronix, Inc. > > Central Engineering, EDS Applications Support > > P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512 > > Beaverton, OR 97077-0001 > > * 503-627-5272 (voice) * 503-627-5587 (fax) > > http://www.tektronix.com http://www.pcb-designer.com > > > > "Off-Grid and Proud of it!" > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara > Seeger > > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 14:09 > > To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird > > > > > > > > Hi George, > > > > > > Can you check this on one of those systems giving you trouble? > > > > outside of allegro - check your variables - do you have tmp and/or > temp > > set to something like this or are they missing- > > > > set temp = C:\Temp > > set tmp = C:\Temp > > > > I'd set these and then re open allegro and retry the command. > > > > -Barbara Seeger - Cadence > > > > > From: george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > That's the first thing I did :) > > > > > > Thanks, Frank. > > > > > > -- > > > George Patrick > > > Tektronix, Inc. > > > Central Engineering, EDS Applications Support > > > P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512 > > > Beaverton, OR 97077-0001 > > > * 503-627-5272 (voice) * 503-627-5587 (fax) > > > http://www.tektronix.com http://www.pcb-designer.com > > > > > > "Off-Grid and Proud of it!" > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of fxf > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:50 > > > To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro acting weird > > > > > > > > > See if you /tmp is full ( df /tmp) > > > > > > george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > Y'all: > > > > I have a couple users having problems with Allegro, and it's got > me > > > > stumped. I am hoping somebody has seen this before. > > > > The original symptom was that Allegro crashes when the user > attempts > > > > > > to measure anything. A confirmer window pops that says *"Failed to > > > > > open file '/tmp/#Taaaaab03348.tmp' *(the number is different when > > > > Allegro is shut down but the same as long as you don't shut down). > I > > > > > > did all the usual: cleared out the temp directory, verified that > > > > environment variables were correct, looked at the env file, waved > my > > > > > > sacred rattle around. Nothing out of the ordinary, just the same > as > > > > all the other users around here. > > > > Then it got weird. > > > > I tried to look at the environment by typing "set" in the Allegro > > > > command line, nothing happened (no window with all the environment > > > > > variables). I tried to look at the Design Paths in the Setup>User > > > > Preferences form, some of the browse buttons looked like text > boxes, > > > > > > and if I clicked any of them they couldn't find the variable and > > > > popped the now familiar warning about the *"Failed to open file > > > > '/tmp/#Taaaaab03348.tmp'*. > > > > PLEASE tell me somebody has seen this and has an easy fix. I am > > > > digging around for my windows XP CDROM 'cause I have a sinking > > feeling > > > > > > > that the OS has gone bye-bye and the user is _not_ going to be > > happy. > > > :( > > > > -- > > > > George Patrick > > > > *Tektronix, Inc.* > > > > Central Engineering, EDS Applications Support > > > > > > > > P.O. 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