Re: Informix cannot start up properly

Posted in 1998

WF Software — Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:01 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <72av1o$mmn$1@mawar.singnet.com.sg>, joshuaho@singnet.com.sg (jh) wrote: > Hi, > > When I issue a oninit -s, it give an error message on the console : > 'oninit: forced-resident shared memory not available'. When I look > into the > message log, there is one line showing : 'Error: Unable to reset open > files > limit, must run as super-user'. > > I'm running ODS 7.22 on solaris 2.5.1. > There is something real odd 'cos resident memory is available and it should just work. The unable to reset open files is odd 'cos on a per process basis it's set to 64 by default, on a system level it should be full automatic based on your system. Are you sure the product as installed correctly? Is the kernel configured as per the release notes? Paul Watson # I don't suffer from WF Software Ltd. # stress, I'm just Tel. (+44) 1436 674729 # a carrier Fax. (+44) 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.co.uk