Indeed - for some reason the tbss_skeleton binary in the 64-bit Mac Intel release is not 64-bit, though other binaries are - I've no idea why. Matthew - can you look into this and fix please - thanks! Cheers. On 24 Jun 2007, at 01:25, Robert Terwilliger wrote: > Dear FSL, > > I get the following error when running either avwmerge or > tbss_skeleton for my (large) data set: > > tbss_skeleton(7183) malloc: *** vm_allocate(size=17530880) failed > (error code=3) > tbss_skeleton(7183) malloc: *** error: can't allocate region > tbss_skeleton(7183) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in szone_error to > debug > terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' > what(): St9bad_alloc > /usr/local/fsl/bin/tbss_4_prestats: line 23: 7183 Abort trap > > I have the 64-bit Mac Intel 3.3.11 version installed. > > I have the same version installed but on a similar 64-bit (Intel) > Linux box. However, I do not get the malloc problem on the Linux. > > I first used the binary distribution, then tried building from > source. In either case, I still get the malloc problem for the mac. > > Any ideas? > > Robert Terwilliger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Stephen M. Smith, Professor of Biomedical Engineering Associate Director, Oxford University FMRIB Centre FMRIB, JR Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK +44 (0) 1865 222726 (fax 222717) [log in to unmask] http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---