Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:10:30 -0400 (VET) | From | Ernesto Hernandez-Novich <> | Subject | Re: Shared memory not enabled in 2.4.0? |
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 Steven_Snyder@3com.com wrote: > For some reason shared memory is not being enabled on my system running kernel > v2.4.0 (on RedHat v6.2, with all updates applied). > > Per the documentation I have this line in my /etc/fstab: > > none /dev/shm shm defaults 0 0 > > Yes, I have created this subdirectory: > > # ls -l /dev | grep shm > drwxrwxrwt 1 root root 0 Jan 7 11:54 shm > > No complaints are seen at startup, yet I still have no shared memory: > > # cat /proc/meminfo > total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: > Mem: 130293760 123133952 7159808 0 30371840 15179776 > Swap: 136241152 0 136241152 > MemTotal: 127240 kB > MemFree: 6992 kB > MemShared: 0 kB > Buffers: 29660 kB > Cached: 14824 kB > Active: 3400 kB > Inact_dirty: 37872 kB > Inact_clean: 3212 kB > Inact_target: 4 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 127240 kB > LowFree: 6992 kB > SwapTotal: 133048 kB > SwapFree: 133048 kB
You should check shared memory with "ipcs" instead.
Make sure you enabled "System V IPC" under "General Setup" (it's a default value, though). -- Ernesto Hernández-Novich - Running Linux 2.4.0 i686 - Unix: Live free or die! -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/E d+(++) s+: a C+++$ UBLAVHIOSC*++++$ P++++$ L+++$ E- W+ N++ o K++ w--- O- M- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP>++ t+ 5 X+ R* tv+ b++ DI+++$ D++ G++ e++ h r++ y+ -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
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