RE: informix newbie needs help - out of shared memory segments, check system SHMSEG

Fatal error in shared memory creation doesn't always mean sharedmemory is the problem. If you would post the output put of oninit -iv (v is for verbose) someone will probably be able to narrow in on your problem quite quickly. Thanks, Will >===== Original Message From Eggert.Ehmke@berlin.de ===== >Hello ! >I try to setup an informix database on a UnixWare7 system. The server and the >Client SDK are installed. When I try to initialize the database using command >oninit -i, I get the message:> >Fatal error in shared memory creation> >In the $INFORMIXDIR/etc/online.log file there are messages like in the subject >above. > >Maybe my $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts file is not setup correctly. To tell the >truth, I don't know what has to be in that file. Can some of you gurus give me >some hints ? > >Regards >Eggert > >-- >Eggert Ehmke >Email: eggert.ehmke@berlin.de ------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail has been sent to you courtesy of OperaMail, as a free service from Opera Software, makers of the award-winning Web Browser, Opera. Visit us at http://www.opera.com/ or our portal at: http://www.myopera.com/ Your free e-mail account is waiting at: http://www.operamail.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------