From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 8 7:37:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B578237B446 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 07:37:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id HAA06175; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 07:37:52 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda06173; Fri Sep 8 07:37:33 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id HAA03220; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 07:37:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdKm3218; Fri Sep 8 07:37:07 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.0/8.9.1) id e88Eb7t03189; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 07:37:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200009081437.e88Eb7t03189@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdcM3183; Fri Sep 8 07:36:41 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: John Toon Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SHMSEG and general shared memory settings In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 08 Sep 2000 14:31:00 BST." <39B8EA14.D76BFDD2@btinternet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 07:36:41 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <39B8EA14.D76BFDD2@btinternet.com>, John Toon writes: > Hi, > > Could I suggest that the generic kernel be changed from having a > SHMSEG=9 (as in LINT) to something higher? > > This setting is totally useless if you're planning on running XFre86-4.0 > with something like GNOME; you simply run out of shared memory segments, > and consequently many programs just won't start up, issuing "X error of > failed request". The SHMSEG setting is also one of the "undocumented" > options in LINT, so consequently it was hard work trying to solve the > problem. > > I have since compiled my custom kernel with SHMSEG=1024, and everything > works beautifully. Should not parameters like this be in loader.conf? This would negate the need to build a new kernel when changing SYSV parameters. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message