RE: Informix IDS 9.4 failed to initialized shared memory

Hi Chivi. Make sure your release notes in your $INFORMIXDIR/release/. If you config kernel parameter, the post the folliowing. oninit -v -- Tsutomu Ogiwara from Tokyo Japan. ICQ#:168106592 >From: "Chivi" <egmondragonm@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: "Chivi" <egmondragonm@yahoo.com> >To: informix-list@iiug.org >Subject: Informix IDS 9.4 failed to initialized shared memory >Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:24:42 -0400 > >I just installed Informix IDS 9.4 on Mandrake 10.1 Kernel 2.6.x > >I setup the onconfig file. the following are some of the parameters I >set: ># Root Dbspace Configuration > >ROOTNAME rootdbs1 # Root dbspace name>ROOTPATH /home/informix/dbspaces/rootdbs1 > # Path for device containing root dbspace >SERVERNUM 1 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLine>instance >DBSERVERNAME olmids1 # Name of default database server> ># Shared Memory Parameters > >LOCKS 2000 # Maximum number of locks >BUFFERS 1000 # Maximum number of shared buffers >NUMAIOVPS # Number of IO vps >PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes) >LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes) >CLEANERS 1 # Number of buffer cleaner processes >SHMBASE 0x10000000L # Shared memory base address 44000000L >SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segment>size >SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments >(Kbytes) >SHMTOTAL 128000 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). >0=>unlimited >CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec) >LRUS 8 # Number of LRU queues >LRU_MAX_DIRTY 60.000000 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit >LRU_MIN_DIRTY 50.000000 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit >TXTIMEOUT 0x12c # Transaction timeout (in sec) >STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes)> > >I used the onmonitor and tried to startup the instance but it failed with: >failed to initialized shared memory. >I checked the log file but there are no messages about the problem. > > >I did not change/add/modify the parameters in the kernel ( I am new in >Linux ;-)) >And I think that is the problem. >Does somebody know what parameters I need to set? >what values will be good to use? >What file do I need to modify? >Permissions? etc. > >Regards, > >Gerardo. > >My machine has only 768 in RAM. > > sending to informix-list