[CM] CM installation problems in Allegro CL 6.2 (Trial)

[taube@uiuc.edu]

Hi, I did test cm-2.4.2 in ACL 6.2 on OSX and it worked, but there was not a heap limitation. My guess is that you are having problems due to the small heap size of your allegro lite. I think it will be hard or perhaps impossible to get a functioning environment with the demo version. My suggestion would be to either buy their Lisp or else move to CLISP on windows.



---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 19:15:39 -0800 (PST)
>From: "T. Kriewall" <kriewall@u.washington.edu>  
>Subject: [CM] CM installation problems in Allegro CL 6.2 (Trial)  
>To: cmdist@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm afraid I have some rather tedious CM installation questions... I
>looked through the archives but didn't see anything discussing this exact
>problem, so I'm guessing maybe it's just me.  :)  If it has been
>discussed, please let me know and I'll look again more carefully.
>
>I'm attempting to install Common Music on a PC under Allegro CL 6.2.  I'm
>loading the cm.lisp file according to the installation instructions on the
>web:
>
>(load "c:\\cm\\cm-2.3.4\\src\\cm.lisp")
>
>At this point a window pops up, saying:
>
>"Error: The OLE subsystem has been loaded.  Changing the case mode now may
>render it inoperable."
>
>It gives me a number of choices, mostly aborts and 'Change the case
>mode anyway.' I do that by clicking 'Invoke selected restart'.
>
>CM appears now to compile.  It gives me a few warnings and then pops up
>another dialog box saying:
>
>"Error: An allocation request for 80 bytes caused tenuring and a need for
>262144 more bytes of heap. This request cannot be satisfied because you
>have hit the Allegro CL Trial heap limit.  If you wish to purchase Allegro
>CL please contact Franz Inc. at blah blah blah.
>[condition type: STORAGE-CONDITION]"
>
>I abort.  I quit the program and restart.  I attempt to load cm.lisp again
>and get the OLE error once more.  This time, when I click 'Invoke selected
>restart', CM compiles!  The interpreter says:
>
>; Sources were compiled. To save Common Music
>; quit and restart Lisp, then reload cm.lisp.
>
>Only it doesn't appear to work in that it doesn't recognize functions like
>'defobject' or 'rhythm'.
>
>So, long run for a short slide.  Two questions:
>
>1. Does CM work under Allegro CL 6.2? (I imagine it does!)
>
>2. If so, could someone clarify for me what's going on?
>
>Many many thanks.  I'm unfortunately not very advanced with either Lisp or
>CM, so this has been a difficult problem for me to debug.
>
>Tom K.
>
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