From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 17:06:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 17:06:14 -0500 Received: from smtpde02.sap-ag.de ([194.39.131.53]:3297 "EHLO smtpde02.sap-ag.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 17:05:59 -0500 To: Gregory McLean Cc: Subject: Re: 2.4.0-prerelease shmget woes. In-Reply-To: From: Christoph Rohland In-Reply-To: Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Capitol Reef) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: 02 Jan 2001 22:38:43 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Gregory McLean writes: > cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmall > 0 That's your problem. Your limit for overall shm pages is zero. So you cannot allocate any shm segments. echo 2000000 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall and check /etc/sysctl.conf or wherever your system stores kernel parameters to restore on boot. Greetings Christoph - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/