diff -r 15bf7259bb7c -r 8f67d927ea57 uiacceltk/hitchcock/AlfDecoderServerClient/src/alfdecoderserverclient.cpp
--- a/uiacceltk/hitchcock/AlfDecoderServerClient/src/alfdecoderserverclient.cpp	Tue Feb 02 07:56:43 2010 +0200
+++ b/uiacceltk/hitchcock/AlfDecoderServerClient/src/alfdecoderserverclient.cpp	Fri Mar 19 09:43:21 2010 +0200
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
         {
         return err;
         }
-        
+    
+    User::SetCritical(User::ESystemCritical); // reset the device if we die
+
     // create CCleanup
     CTrapCleanup * cleanup = CTrapCleanup::New();
     if (cleanup)
@@ -92,8 +94,8 @@
 	    	        KAlfServerThreadName,
 	    	        AlfThreadFucntion,
 	    	        16384, // magic
-	    	        20000, // uses own heap for now
-	    	        10000000,
+	    	        4*1024*1024, // uses own heap for now
+	    	        10*1024*1024,
 	    	        0,
 	    	        EOwnerThread));