On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 01:22, Martin Gregorie <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-07-23 at 15:45 -0500, chamanx64 wrote: >> Code: >> $ wine java helloworld >> hello world >> $ wine java -Xmx500M helloworld >> Error occurred during initialization of VM >> Could not reserve enough space for object heap >> Could not create the Java virtual machine. >> > > What version of Java (show the output from "java -version") and is this > Java for Windows or your native OS? Since he uses wine to run java, it's obviously the windows version. > What OS are you using? > How much RAM is installed? > How big is your swap space? > > This is what my system shows with my Java hello world program: > - $ java -Xmx500M Hello > Hello from Java He tries to run wine32 java under wine, not native linux version. However your test may help to check if he gets the same memory error. Frédéric