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On 04/13/2015 11:52, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> No, just setting the sysctl should be fine, no need to set it in 
> sysctl.conf and reboot. Maybe the problem is not with vm.max_wired
> but the limit you have on your shell, can you paste the output of:
> 
> # ulimit -a
> 
> I'm interested in the "locked memory" line.

locked memory           (kbytes, -l)  64

(This is a default tcsh from FreeBSD)

and voila, setting `ulimit -l unlimited` results in a working xl. Thanks!

hannes
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