Memory violation propblems

I am using Salome-Meca 2015.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 and I am forever getting memory violation problems, to the extend that I cannot complete some of the work I am busy with. On some models it works OK, on others I do not get anywhere. I can not detect a pattern.

I can not recall that I ever had a problem in the Aster module but I am getting it in Geometry, Mesh, Paravis (worse than in the first 2) and in Homard (to the extend that I can not even get past the first iteration).

In Geo and Mesh it helps to export the model as it is at the problem stage and continue in a new file.

I do not believe it is a hardware problem because I do not have any problems in Win8 or the few other things I do in Ubuntu, but for the record I am using a Gigabyte Z97-D3H motherboard with 32 Gb memory and a Nvidia GTX660 graphics card. I have the same problems when using the onboard graphics.

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Thanks for the reply Claus.

I am not knowledgeable enough to say what you have said, but I have suspected it and was certainly hoping for something different.

As you say, Salome is really the only capable software available for the small guys who can not afford the big money for the big names. I am sure EDF makes this software available as part of their social responsibility program, so surely, even though it's free, it must be in their interest to sort out the bugs before they release it.

I wonder what the guys on Pronet do. Surely at least some of them must be using the software commercially, or don't they? Maybe they can tell us.

Thanks for the tip. I will try to use the two programs separately. And let us then place our hopes on 2016.1 release.

I have battled through my problem to a solution and the "rules" I have established for myself in the process, may be of value to somebody. They are:

* Save regularly. Nothing new in this but do it. I have set my autosave at 5 min.
* If you pick up a problem, export the model and import it into a new study. Do it anyway before you mesh. The xao format works fine.
* Never use Paravis with any of the other modules open.

PS. S-M 2015.2 worked better than 2015.1. Let's hope we won't need any of this with 2016.1.

Had the same problem, but for some reason it just stopped?