Re: IDS 7.3 initialisation errors on SCO nixWare 7.1

You could try changing the FNOLIM kernel parameters (actually there are two parameters related to FNOLIM - SFNOLIM and HFNOLIM). But it is strange - it shouldn't reach the default file descriptor number limit. HTH, Octav On Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 04:17:25PM +0100, Tam McLaughlin wrote: > I have tried to install a basic config of IDS 7.3 onto Unixware 7.1. I have > tuned the kernel parameters according to the release notes but > keep getting the following error msg when i do oninit -i > > 15:27:34 shmat: [EMFILE][24]: out of shared memory > segments, check system SHMSEG > 15:27:34 mt_shm_init: can't create virtual segment> > I have been told to look for a similar parameter to NOFILES but I cant > see anything appropriate on UW 7.1. > Some kernel params are: > > SHMMAX 12000000000 > SHMSEG 2048 > NPROC 3000 > > Any ideas ? we have 64 Mb RAM > -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 22 99 67 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 24 00 83 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com