Re: Trying to Install Informix Database on Sparc5 Running Solaris
In article <5ro5pr$ksc@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Jonathan Leffler
<johnl@informix.com> writes
>That's pretty close to what the tail of my /etc/system file says
>(it's a Sparc 20 running Solaris 2.5.1):
>
>* Only use 'set enable_sm_wa = 1' on sun4m machines (eg Sparc 10)
>set enable_sm_wa = 1
>
>* Semaphore set configuration
>set semsys:seminfo_semmap=64
>set semsys:seminfo_semmni=1024
>set semsys:seminfo_semmns=1024
>set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=1024
>set semsys:seminfo_semume=64
>
>* Shared memory configuration (16 MB maximum)
>set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=16777216
Check your online.log file (MSGPATH in $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG).
If this is not a disk permissions problems or other obvious problem
then try
a) Check $INFORMIXDIR/release/.../ONLINE_7.2
You made need to add a line containing the word SHMBASE to your
$INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG file.
b) Try increasing
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=16777216
to
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=67108864
>set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=100
>set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100
>set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=100
>
>I don't have any other active lines in my /etc/system file, and the only
>difference is that I've got fewer semaphores than you do. I've never
>worked out the significance of the enable_sm_wa flag; I don't know that it
>matters.
>
>Changes in /etc/system only take effect at reboot time, but I see that you
>did reboot. The 'fatal error in shared memory creation' message normally
>means that it is a Unix configuration problem, but not inevitably. Are you
>using OnMonitor to do the initialization? Are you using LiveWire Pro or is
>it an independent-of-Netscape OnLine installation? Are the disk
>permissions set correctly. How many users are you configuring? You need
>one semaphore per user (and maybe a few to spare), but it is unlikely that
>you are configuring 4096 users.
>
>More questions than answers.
>
>Yours,
>Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <witticism.h>
>
>}From: hugh@netserver.web.net
>}Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 12:41:47 -0400
>}X-Informix-List-Id: <news.41028>
>}
>}Pardon this question if you feel that it is more appropriate to the UNIX
>}newsgroups.
>}
>}I am trying to install an Informix database as a part of a netscape
>}Certificate server on a Sparc 5 running Solaris 2.5.1. This machine has
>}160 Mbytes of memory and 340 M of swap space. Anyway, in the install
>}instructions, I was told to add some settings to our /etc/system file.
>}I added these settings (mostly to do with shared memory) and rebooted.
>}
>}After installing, when I try to start the database, I get the following
>}error:
>}oninit: Fatal error in shared memory creation
>}
>}is there something I'm missing in terms of getting the new settings in
>}/etc/system to take effect? Here is a copy of the settings I put into
>}/etc/system:
>}
>}* Settings required by Informix database for the Netscape Certificate
>}server
>}set enable_sm_wa = 1
>}
>}set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=16777216
>}set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=100
>}set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100
>}set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=100
>}
>}set semsys:seminfo_semmap=64
>}set semsys:seminfo_semmni=4096
>}set semsys:seminfo_semmns=4096
>}set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=4096
>}set semsys:seminfo_semume=64
>}
>}Any help is appreciated
>}-Hugh Ferguson
>}hugh@to.opentext.com
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David Williams