IntelliJ IDEA: Abnormal build process termination after heap size change

Question

I've been trying to allocate 256MB array, which produced Java heap space exception. I've tried this solution and it didn't help. So I've been looking for another similar problems and found this. However, after raising the heap size above 1377MB i get this error:

Error:Abnormal build process termination: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_91\bin\java" -Xmx1377m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.endorsed.dirs=\"\" -Djdt.compiler.useSingleThread=true -Dpreload.project.path=C:/Users/JohnDoe/Documents/CacheTest -Dpreload.config.path=C:/Users/JohnDoe/.IntelliJIdea2016.1/config/options -Dcompile.parallel=false -Drebuild.on.dependency.change=true -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dio.netty.initialSeedUniquifier=-2473188797876308560 -Dfile.encoding=windows-1250 -Djps.file.types.component.name=FileTypeManager -Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US -Didea.paths.selector=IntelliJIdea2016.1 "-Didea.home.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1" -Didea.config.path=C:\Users\JohnDoe.IntelliJIdea2016.1\config -Didea.plugins.path=C:\Users\JohnDoe.IntelliJIdea2016.1\config\plugins -Djps.log.dir=C:/Users/JohnDoe/.IntelliJIdea2016.1/system/log/build-log -Djava.io.tmpdir=C:/Users/JohnDoe/.IntelliJIdea2016.1/system/compile-server/temp -Dkotlin.daemon.enabled -Dkotlin.daemon.client.alive.path=\"C:\Users\JOHNDO~1\AppData\Local\Temp\kotlin-idea-1150430122745838-is-running\" -classpath "C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/jps-launcher.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jdk1.8.0_91/lib/tools.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/optimizedFileManager.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/ecj-4.5.2.jar" org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.Launcher "C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/resources_en.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/oromatcher.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/protobuf-2.5.0.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/jsr166e.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/asm-all.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/util.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/javac2.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/annotations.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/jna-platform.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/nanoxml-2.2.3.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/jps-builders.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/trove4j.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/rt/jps-plugin-system.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/jps-model.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/forms_rt.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/jna.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/idea_rt.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/netty-all-4.1.0.Beta8.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/jgoodies-forms.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/jdom.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/log4j.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/picocontainer.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/snappy-in-java-0.3.1.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/openapi.jar;;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/commons-io-1.4.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-base-services-2.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-base-services-groovy-2.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-cli-2.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-core-2.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-messaging-2.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-model-core-2.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-model-groovy-2.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-native-2.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-resources-2.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-tooling-api-2.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-tooling-extension-api.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-tooling-extension-impl.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-wrapper-2.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/guava-jdk5-17.0.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/jna-3.2.7.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/jsr305-1.3.9.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/kryo-2.22.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/minlog-1.2.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/native-platform-0.10.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/native-platform-freebsd-amd64-0.10.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/native-platform-freebsd-i386-0.10.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/native-platform-linux-amd64-0.10.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/native-platform-linux-i386-0.10.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/native-platform-osx-amd64-0.10.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/native-platform-osx-i386-0.10.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/native-platform-windows-amd64-0.10.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/native-platform-windows-i386-0.10.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/objenesis-1.2.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/reflectasm-1.07.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/resources_en.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/lib/gson-2.5.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/ant/lib/ant-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/devkit/lib/devkit-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/uiDesigner/lib/jps/ui-designer-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/IntelliLang/lib/intellilang-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/Groovy/lib/groovy-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/Groovy/lib/groovy-rt-constants.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/eclipse/lib/eclipse-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/eclipse/lib/common-eclipse-util.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/maven/lib/maven-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/maven/lib/maven3/lib/plexus-utils-2.0.6.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/osmorc/lib/osmorc-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/osmorc/lib/bndlib-3.0.0.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/osmorc/lib/bndlib-plugins-3.0.0.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/osmorc/lib/plexus-utils-3.0.10.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/osmorc/lib/bundlor-all.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/aspectj/lib/aspectj-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/flex/lib/flex-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/flex/lib/flex-shared.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/JavaEE/lib/jps/javaee-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/JavaEE/lib/jps/jpa-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/weblogicIntegration/lib/jps/weblogic-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/dmServer/lib/dmServer-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/GwtStudio/lib/gwt-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/GoogleAppEngine/lib/google-app-engine-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/GoogleAppEngine/lib/appEngine-runtime.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/Grails/lib/grails-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/Grails/lib/grails-compiler-patch.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/android/lib/jps/android-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/android/lib/jps/android-gradle-jps.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/android/lib/android-common.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/android/lib/android-rt.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/android/lib/sdk-common.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/android/lib/sdklib.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/android/lib/common.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/android/lib/jarutils.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/android/lib/layoutlib-api.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/android/lib/manifest-merger.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/Kotlin/lib/jps/kotlin-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/Kotlin/lib/kotlin-runtime.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/Kotlin/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/Kotlin/lib/kotlin-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/Kotlin/lib/kotlin-android-extensions-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/Kotlin/lib/kotlin-android-extensions-compiler-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/javaFX/lib/javaFX-jps-plugin.jar;C:/Program Files (x86)/JetBrains/IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1.1/plugins/javaFX/lib/common-javaFX-plugin.jar" org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildMain 127.0.0.1 60896 96c068b6-4d3b-4924-a696-9af1caab47b3 C:/Users/JohnDoe/.IntelliJIdea2016.1/system/compile-server

I've found many answers to such problem, but all of them are telling me to downgrade my NVIDIA driver which I'm not able to do and which doesn't make sense to me at all. What I'm looking for is the some sort of explanation why this is happening and what could I do to solve it.

Note: I'm using x64 IDEA.

Answer 1

Change your project JSDK to 64-bit version, you are building and running with 32-bit JDK right now which cannot allocate more than 2GB RAM on Windows. Because of the other JVM requirements, the real maximum heap size for the 32-bit JVM is usually between 512m and 1024m.

You can find more details in IntelliJ IDEA FAQ and in this answer.