I've switched over to Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS. I've repeated all the steps to arrive at Pharo installation. I'm still having the same problem: pthread_setschedparam failed.
Here's my /etc/security/limits.d/pharo.conf: * hard rtprio 2 * soft rtprio 2 Sven Van Caekenberghe-2 wrote >> On 2 Dec 2018, at 18:40, horrido < > horrido.hobbies@ > > wrote: >> >> Bizarre. I've created a new VirtualBox image of Debian and now this >> solution >> no longer works! I'm still getting the thread priority warning. So this >> solution appears to be unreliable. > > Why use Debian (not that it is bad, it is just a bit more technical) ? > > I think you would have less problems using Ubuntu (it is just as open, it > is what everybody else is using and it is much more user friendly). > >> > <sigh> >> >> >> On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 04:02, horrido <horrido.hobbies@> wrote: >> >>> Okay, I've resolved everything. First, the reason why I'm getting the >>> 'pthread_setschedparam failed' error when I run Pharo under Debian is >>> because it must be run as 'root'! Don't ask me why, but that's the >>> reason >>> why Pharo can't set thread priorities. (This wasn't an issue under >>> Ubuntu >>> Server – go figure.) >>> >>> Second, I am now using Pharo's own SHA256 class. It's probably not as >>> secure >>> (because it doesn't use a salt value) and not as quick to execute (not >>> being >>> C code), but for my purpose, it doesn't really matter. >>> >>> So I can use DigitalOcean or OVH to run my web server in a VPS. >>> >> >> Good to hear. But you shouldn't need to run Pharo as root, >> just be root to create this config file.... >> cat < > <END | sudo tee /etc/security/limits.d/pharo.conf >> > * hard rtprio 2 >> * soft rtprio 2 >> END >> >> cheers -ben >> </quote> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html