From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 16 13:45:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA10042 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:45:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA09997 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:45:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA20736; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:45:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:45:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Erik Umenhofer cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X Errors In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Erik Umenhofer wrote: > I have been running X for a while and from time to time applications like > x11amp and quake stop working. Most of the time they don't work but then > at times they start working again. When I run Quake (xquake) I get this > error > Error: VID: Could not get any shared memory > > VID_Shutdown > > and when I run x11amp it just sits there when I load music, my other music > players work, but x11amp just stoped working. any idea as what could be > causeing these problems? You have programs that are leaking shared memory segments, and are now out. Logging out and back in should kick them into functioning. Check 'ipcs' when you're logged out; if stuff is sticking around under your userID dump it with 'ipcrm'. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message