Re: Jpegs and GNO

[lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

Peter F Handel (handel@stolaf.edu) wrote:
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: Dan Masterson (dmasters@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
: : I've been trying to convert some JPEGS to GIF using DJPEG under GNO. 
: : However I keep getting a message that I'm out of disk space (not when I've
: : got 4 megs free on the partition).  The JPEG is over 60k.  I've had
: : success converting one under 45k.

: : Could this be a bug in DJPEG or do I need to increase my ram disk to
: : beyond 1600k?  Does the -maxmemory function work under GNO?

: The man page and the GS-specific readme contradict themselves, if I
: remember correctly.  One states that the -maxmem switch takes its
: argument in kb, the other in b.  I haven't had any problems converting
: large jpegs since moving up to 6MB ram.  How much ram do you have?

On the iigs, the -maxmemory switch is specified in k, or m, if an m is
postpended (i.e. -maxm 2m uses 2 megs = -maxm 2048).  BTW, the -maxm
is the correct way to stop getting this error (I know; I was getting
it too, before).

Oh, and I'm using jpeg.v6 or v.6 or whatever it is.


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