> > >This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C
> >7.3.7x)
> > > >fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of 60000008 bytes).
> > > >---------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >Should I really increase memory to run an one-word job?
> > > >There must be an other error.
> > >
> > > this is an OS problem, if you run some old windows (95/98), make sure
> >that
> > > there is enough non fragemented disk space left on your c drive (or
the
> > > disk where the virtual mem file resides); it may help to increase
your
> > > virtual mem; tex needs some 16-32 M per job (kind of fixed)
> > >
> > > Hans
> >
> >I run tetex on linux (debian).
> >I have compared the memory settings in the context section of both TeX
Live
> >6 and 7, they are identical.
> >Do you have any ideas?
> 
> the message is not a tex one (say: too less font mem, or hash exceeded)
but 
> an operating system one; this may happen when you rmem settings in the 
> texmf.cnf file don't match  the values stored in the format file; did you

> regenerate the format?
> 
> i also wonder where the 60 meg of mem request comes from
> 
> Hans

I made the following little experiments with 'simple.tex':

------------------simple.tex----------------
\starttext
Test.
\stoptext
-------------------------------------------------

I hope, that the following command ist äquivalent to 'texexec simple'

> pdfetex --efmt cont-en simple

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x)
entering extended mode
(./simple.tex
Error: pdfetex (file pdftex.cfg): cannot open config file

(The former xmalloc-error is not reported, but 'pdftex.cfg' could not
opened!?)

> pdfetex

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x)
**\relax
entering extended mode
{/usr/TeX/texmf-var/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg}
*\end
No pages of output.
Transcript written on texput.log.

(Here, 'pdftex.cfg' is found and opened!! )

I created an further pdftedx.cfg in my user-tree and I get:

> pdfetex --efmt cont-en simple

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x)
entering extended mode
(./simple.tex
Error: pdfetex (file pdftex.cfg): cannot open config file

> pdfetex

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x)
**\relax
entering extended mode
{/home/wwl/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg}
*\end
No pages of output.
Transcript written on texput.log.

Is this ok or wrong? Is this the same error as bevor or a second error?
Obviously this is format dependend. 

The format is newly made with: texexec --make en
The new format is written to /usr/TeX/texmf-var/web2c/cont-en.efmt
Timestamp looks ok!

Wolfgang