On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Sangeeta Huria wrote:
>Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:35:52 +0530
>From: Sangeeta Huria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Shared Memory > 32 MB
>
>Hi All,
>
>I am trying to allocate a shared memory segment of size 33MB. But, i get an
>error in that case. But, if i allocated a shared memory segment (using
>shmget) of size <=32 MB, then it is successful.
>Can anybody please suggest, how can i allocate the shared memory segment of
>size > 32 MB in case of Red Hat Linux 6.2?
1 root@asdf:~# cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
33554432
The kernel defaults to a maximum amount of 32Mb of
SHM. Calculate the amount you want and do:
echo 123456789 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
Put that line in rc.local
Enjoy.
TTYL
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