[BUG] Caught plotting error: std::bad_alloc

Getting the below error in Debian 10 and Ubuntu 20 while creating plots

Computing table 2                                                                                                                                     
Caught plotting error: std::bad_alloc                                                                                                                 
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                                                                    
  File "/root/chia-blockchain/venv/bin/chia", line 33, in <module>                                                                                    
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('chia-blockchain', 'console_scripts', 'chia')())                                                                        
  File "/root/chia-blockchain/src/cmds/chia.py", line 76, in main                                                                                     
    cli()  # pylint: disable=no-value-for-parameter
  File "/root/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 829, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs) 
  File "/root/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 782, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/root/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1259, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/root/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1259, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/root/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1066, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/root/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/core.py", line 610, in invoke
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/root/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 21, in new_func
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File "/root/chia-blockchain/src/cmds/plots.py", line 134, in create_cmd
    create_plots(Params(), ctx.obj["root_path"])
  File "/root/chia-blockchain/src/plotting/create_plots.py", line 164, in create_plots
    plotter.create_plot_disk(
RuntimeError: std::exception

Command used to create plots is chia plots create -d /mnt/vol -t /mnt/vol The error occurs in computing table 2.

[hoffmang9]

A faulty software RAM configuration…

[harlay0728]

@hoffmang9 I already solved the issue by myself

The problem was that I reduced the size of the pagefile.sys file too much. In Windows there is an option called “virtual RAM” that decides how big the pagefile.sys is. Once I changed the option again to “Managed by system” parallel plotting started working again. No faulty hardware, just a faulty software configuration.

Thanks, I solved this problem with your method. Obviously, it’s not the problem of hardware. ≧◔◡◔≦