IDL Workbench error on Solaris: The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.

Topic:
Problem Description:

IDL 7.0 Workbench on Solaris 10.8 may fail with the following error:

The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.

(The full error message is listed in the DISCUSSION section below.)

Discussion:
Cause

The problem can be caused by the presence of the following Solaris patch:

119059-38 X11 6.6.2: Xsun patch

--which has been reported to prevent Eclipse-based applications (like IDL 7.0 Workbench) from working.


Solution:

It has been reported that applying the following subsequent Solaris patch will resolve this issue:

119059-40

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Here is the full error message that contains the key error string mentioned above.

The program 'IDL Workbench' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.
(Details: serial 363 error_code 11 request_code 131 minor_code 5)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

JVM terminated. Exit code=1
/applic/IDL-ENVI/idl70/idlde/bin.solaris2.sparc/jre/bin/java
-Xms40M
-Xmx256M
-jar /applic/IDL-ENVI/idl70/idlde/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.0.v20070606.jar
-os solaris
-ws gtk
-arch sparc
-showsplash
-launcher /applic/IDL-ENVI/idl70/idlde/idlde.solaris2.sparc
-name Idlde.solaris2.sparc
--launcher.library /applic/IDL-ENVI/idl70/idlde/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.solaris.sparc_1.0.0.v20070606/eclipse_1020.so
-startup /applic/IDL-ENVI/idl70/idlde/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.0.v20070606.jar
-exitdata 69
-vm /applic/IDL-ENVI/idl70/idlde/bin.solaris2.sparc/jre/bin/java
-vmargs
-Xms40M
-Xmx256M
-jar /applic/IDL-ENVI/idl70/idlde/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.0.v20070606.jar

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keywords: IDL 7.0 Workbench The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)' (Details: serial 363 error_code 11 request_code 131 minor_code 5) Solaris 10.8 patch 119059-40 119059-38

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