Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 07:36:41 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: John Toon <j.a.toon@btinternet.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SHMSEG and general shared memory settings Message-ID: <200009081437.e88Eb7t03189@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 08 Sep 2000 14:31:00 BST." <39B8EA14.D76BFDD2@btinternet.com>
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In message <39B8EA14.D76BFDD2@btinternet.com>, John Toon writes: > Hi, > > Could I suggest that the generic kernel be changed from having a > SHMSEG=9 (as in LINT) to something higher? > > This setting is totally useless if you're planning on running XFre86-4.0 > with something like GNOME; you simply run out of shared memory segments, > and consequently many programs just won't start up, issuing "X error of > failed request". The SHMSEG setting is also one of the "undocumented" > options in LINT, so consequently it was hard work trying to solve the > problem. > > I have since compiled my custom kernel with SHMSEG=1024, and everything > works beautifully. Should not parameters like this be in loader.conf? This would negate the need to build a new kernel when changing SYSV parameters. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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