[lkb] Getting Parse results from LKB

[Bernhard Fisseni]

Scripsit Ann Copestake diē 16.10.2006 21:52:
> bfi at ikp.uni-bonn.de said:
>> Thanks, it seems it loads in sbcl now ("test" version, not "latest") –  some
>> success!  And I suppose, the memory issue is responsible for the  following
>> message I get when I try to load GG or ERG?
> 
>>    fatal error encountered in SBCL pid 1117:
>>    fake_foreign_call fell through
> 
> I don't know, but that's not the error Ben reported, which was
> 
>> Argh! gc_find_freeish_pages failed (restart_page), nbytes=4456456.
> 
> The SBCL discussion is all on the developers list - e.g., 
> http://lists.delph-in.net/archive/developers/2006/000566.html
> I don't have any other info since I haven't tried it

I'll have a look at that tomorrow, thanks for the pointer!

> Actually I'd be worried that that the error you have is due to something else 
> - have you tried on a smaller grammar?  you might also have to have an up to 

(read-script-file-aux "lkb/src/data/esslli2k/grammars/grammar9/script")
works.  So it might be some kind of memory problem.  Under Linux (under 
Parallels, 1 of the 1.5 GB on the Mac; no bigger memory in sight), I get 
a heap exhaustion for ERG; maybe the fake_foreign_call is a Mac OS problem?

> date version of the ERG / GG.  If it isn't the memory problem, you might want 
> to email the developers list with a trace - it's probably better to have the 
> discussion there than on lkb.  or you can email me and I'll forward it.

I don't get a real trace; the script stops with
   [...]
   Reading preprocessor rules `rondane.fsr'
   fatal error encountered in SBCL pid 652:
   fake_foreign_call fell through
   LDB monitor
   ldb>

Is there any way to produce something more useful?  (Posting this short 
message to the developers' list will only amuse people, won't it?)

Thanks,
Bernhard