permgen isn't affected by the normal -Xms -Xmx
you have to explicitly set the permGen using the proper setting. I forget the exact syntax at the moment, but it should be archived on the mailing list. peter On 1/17/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Did you check if the new parameter (Xms, Xmx)values are registered for > your service ? (I am not sure how it works on Linux ). > Here is a similar issue but on Windows platform. > I am working with 64 bit java on Windows 2003 and 64-bit AMD Opteron > processor with 16 GB RAM. > I am getting OOME due to PermGen space. I set the following parameteres in > my service.bat file : > JvmXms = 6g JvmXmx = 6g JvmX = 256mb. > The problem is when I start the tomcat service it is not taking these > values. I checked the windows registry > and these parameter values are not inserted. Do you have any idea like > what might be the problem and > how to fix these issue ? Any help would be greatly appereciated. > > (Note: The same application on 32-bit works just fine .) > > Thank you, > Aparna. > > > > >