Look in ${HOME}/.gnuradio/prefs/vmcircbuf_default_factory
and see what is there and maybe change to this: gr::vmcircbuf_mmap_tmpfile_factory Philip On 11/21/19 4:59 AM, Eamon Heaney wrote: > I'm running the sample wifi_tx.grc flowchart from gr-ieee802.11, > substituting a null sink for the USRP sink to test it. > > When I try to run it, it fails with the following error message: > " >> set_min_output_buffer on block 7 to 207744 >> set_min_output_buffer on block 9 to 2077440 >> set_min_output_buffer on block 11 to 2077440 >> set_min_output_buffer on block 12 to 207744 >> set_min_output_buffer on block 13 to 415488 >> set_min_output_buffer on block 14 to 207744 >> set_min_output_buffer on block 26 to 262144 >> set_min_output_buffer on block 27 to 96000 >> set_min_output_buffer on block 31 to 100000 >> gr::vmcircbuf_mmap_shm_open: mmap (1): Cannot allocate memory >> gr::buffer::allocate_buffer: failed to allocate buffer of size 1038720 KB >> gr::vmcircbuf_mmap_shm_open: mmap (1): Cannot allocate memory >> gr::buffer::allocate_buffer: failed to allocate buffer of size 1038720 KB >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/home/vtti/working/wifi_tx.py", line 297, in <module> >> main() >> File "/home/vtti/working/wifi_tx.py", line 276, in main >> tb.start() >> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/gnuradio/gr/top_block.py", > line 111, >in start >> top_block_start_unlocked(self._impl, max_noutput_items) >> File > "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/gnuradio/gr/runtime_swig.py", line >> 5828, in top_block_start_unlocked >> return _runtime_swig.top_block_start_unlocked(r, max_noutput_items) >> RuntimeError: std::bad_alloc > " > Here's a picture of my flowchart: > [image: gnuradio-runtimeError-bad_alloc.png] > > Tested this on a different machine, and it works fine, so the problem isn't > with the flowchart itself. I'm working off the maint-3.8 branch, installed > from source. > > Any idea why I'm getting this error, or how I could resolve it? Thanks! >