Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 08:44:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Lowe <james@miller.cs.uwm.edu> To: CSP1DWD@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU, multimedia@freebsd.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shmat: too many files open Message-ID: <199704151344.IAA22341@miller.cs.uwm.edu>
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> From: Denis DeLaRoca <CSP1DWD@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU> > Subject: shmat: too many files open > > When running vic 2.8 I end up with > > shmat: too many files open > > as I attempt to open more than 3 video windows from a session that > features multiple participants. My FreeBSD 2.2.1 kernel is configured > for shared memory support and the following parms > > SHMMAXPGS=1025 > "SHMMAX=(SHMMAXPGS*PAGE_SIZE+1)" > > should I increase the above further? What's the value of PAGE_SIZE? > These values have changed... in an ancient 2.2 snapshot that I used > to run with 2048KB of shared memory opening more than 3 vic video > windows was never a problem. Under 2.2 you can use change the number of segments with: options "SHMSEG=32" # 32 segements/user (for X) options "SHMMNI=128" # 128 identifiers I don't know why the system defaults the number of segement to 8, it seems a little low to me. Hope it helps, -Jim
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