Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:08:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@TheWorld.com> To: "Sergey N. Voronkov" <serg@tmn.ru> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.7-RC Gdk-WARNING **: shmget failed (mozilla 1.1,1) Message-ID: <200209231408.KAA13431978@shell.TheWorld.com> References: <200209210121.VAA9939070@shell.TheWorld.com>
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>Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:25:49 +0600
>From: "Sergey N. Voronkov" <serg@tmn.ru>
>To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@TheWorld.com>
>Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: Re: 4.7-RC Gdk-WARNING **: shmget failed (mozilla 1.1,1)
>
>On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 09:21:03PM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
>> Hello -stable:
>>
>> I just updated to 4.7-RC today (ports too) & now I get the following
>> when I start mozilla (-devel, i.e. 1.1,1):
>>
>> Gdk-WARNING **: shmget failed: error 28 (No space left on device)
>>
>> Where is this coming from? (So far I can't find it...)
>> What's going on?
>> Anything I can do to trace and/or fix it?
>> So far, no out-of-space/memory indications from df or top. {shrug}
>>
>> Mozilla seems to run fine otherwise. I have the FreeBSD Java
>> 1.3.1 as well. Linux emulation is installed, but not running;
>> no need because I'm not running any Linux binaries.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -kc
>
>Do you have flashplugin-mozilla installed? If so, you got it anyways!
Indeed... Seems the port is broken in another way too - the
port was recently patched to properly install in mozilla-devel,
but it does not know how to *de*-install (via pkg_delete).
>flashplugin (or mozilla?) doesn't free shared memory block used to
>communication.
Sounds more & more to me like flashplugin-mozilla needs
to be marked as broken until it can be fixed.
>Workarounds:
>1) Use linux-mozilla. It is using native flash and is working normaly.
Interesting...
>2) Perform "ipcs -m" check just after exiting mozilla and remove any stale
>shared memory block.
>("ipcs -mo| awk '{if($7 == 0) print $2}'|xargs -n 1 ipcrm -m").
Ah, thanks!
>Best Regards,
>
>Serg N. Voronkov,
>Sibitex JSC.
Again, thanks; I hope the "right people" are examining this,
especially in preparation for the upcoming 4.7 release.
-kc
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