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I have a problem with the tex memory while using pgfplots and a very huge dataset in Ubuntu. Under Windows with MikTeX I have the following settings and the texfile compile without any problems:

main_memory=250000000   

extra_mem_top=50000000

extra_mem_bot=50000000  

save_size=15000

stack_size=15000

In Ubuntu 11.04 with TexLive i set the tex memory settings according to the pgfplots-manual.

1) i create a texmf.cnf in the directory: /home/user/System/mytexcnf

2) content of texmf.cnf is listed above.

3) run "sudo texhash"

4) create environment variable with: export TEXMFCNF=~/System/texmf/mytexcnf:

Running my texfile gives errors and here is the text from the logfile:

Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
18954 strings out of 494950
443204 string characters out of 3177351
3000001 words of memory out of 3000000
21827 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+200000
5432 words of font info for 20 fonts, out of 3000000 for 9000
36 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191
65i,13n,78p,2482b,1740s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,10000p,200000b,50000s

Did i something wrong by setting the tex memory? How can i see from the logfile the needed values for the memory parameters? How can i change the texmf.cnf later? Only by opening in an editor, change the values, saving and run texhash?

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    Have you looked at http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/7953/how-to-expand-texs-main-memory-size-pgfplots-memory-overload?
    – mas
    Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 14:54
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    Check step 4: there's a texmf part that shouldn't be there. Also "sudo texhash" is not necessary. You'll probably have to rebuild your formats with fmtutil.
    – egreg
    Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 15:05
  • Did you rebuild the format files after changing the settings? This is required.
    – Martin Scharrer
    Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 15:06
  • i thougt texhash rebuild the format files. how do i rebuild the format files?
    – Mac-Cherony
    Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 15:31
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    Usually the simplest solution is to compile with lualatex instead of pdflatex. LuaTeX dynamically increases the memory size.
    – Caramdir
    Commented Sep 20, 2011 at 16:52

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