From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 30 23:20:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA23146 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 23:20:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts6-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA23141 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 23:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA00974; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 23:17:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 23:17:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Jason Alan Nordwick cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SHM limits and probs in 2.1.7.1 In-Reply-To: <19970827121738.13965.qmail@scheme.xcf.berkeley.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 27 Aug 1997, Jason Alan Nordwick wrote: > > I am having problem with shm. Is there a limit to the amount > that can be mapped into my process space ? yes; these are usually set by the shell. try `ulimit' to unlock these limits. There are some constants in the kernel too. I don't know if the 2.1.7.1 LINT had them in there though. > Before I grow any more gray hair, is there any peculiarities > in shm that I should know ? Did you compile in `options SYSVSHM'? You might also try asking hackers@freebsd.org. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo