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From: Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>
To: Miles Lane <miles@megapathdsl.net>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.4.3-ac2 -- How do I determine if shm is being used?
Date: 08 Apr 2001 14:31:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hezzr35y.fsf@linux.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3ACF5C31.B3B0594F@megapathdsl.net>
In-Reply-To: <3ACF5C31.B3B0594F@megapathdsl.net>

Hi Miles,

On Sat, 07 Apr 2001, Miles Lane wrote:
> I have mounted:
> 
> 	none on /var/shm type shm (rw)

Not necessary any more.

> 	tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)

Also not necessary, but recommended for POSIX shm. BTW it will not
work with Linus' kernel. Type "shm" is supported by both versions.

> X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range
> for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  146 (MIT-SHM)
>   Minor opcode of failed request:  3 (X_ShmPutImage)
>   Value in failed request:  0x1600001
>   Serial number of failed request:  35107
>   Current serial number in output stream:  35111

Ubfortunately this does not tell what it wanted to do.

> I'd like to check to make sure that shm is actually accessible
> to my programs.  Is there any easy way to do this?

ipcs should be your friend. Especially 'ipcs -lm'.

Greetings
		Christoph



      reply	other threads:[~2001-04-08 11:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-04-07 18:28 2.4.3-ac2 -- How do I determine if shm is being used? Miles Lane
2001-04-08 12:31 ` Christoph Rohland [this message]

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