Re: Shared Memory Error

In article <4v2qk3$is1@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, nnob@loc.gov (Nick Nobbe) wrote: > Env: Sco Unix 3.2.4.2 on Altos/Acer 5000 (486DX 66) with 16M memory > > We are trying to install Online 5.+ and have hit the message "Shared memory > base address illegal" or words to that effect. So far no luck changing the > current kernel parameters for shared memory which by the way do not include > a choice of base address (at least not obvious to us). After relinking and > restarting the system, the same error appears. > > What is a good starting point for these parameters and what are we missing? > We have r several fm (SCO and Informix release notes) but are not getting it. > Any clues? If it's in the manual, cite chapter, verse, or any hint. Oh yes, > and I saw a reference about the tuning parameters in the FAQ but with regard > to Solaris. > > Thanks, > Nick > ********************************* > Nick Nobbe, Library of Congress > NLS/BPH > mail: nnob@loc.gov > ********************************* I am having the exact same problem trying to install Online 5.03.UC1 on a Unixware 2.1 machine. I have tried the SHMBASE setting suggested in the release notes (0x300000) in my tbconfig. I have tried to use the address that Online says that it wants ("illegal shared memory base address, using 0x300000, needs 0xbfed7000"). I have tried doubling the base address. I have tuned the hell out of all the shared memory parameters, and I (of course) have called informix and they haven't been any help. Not being a "C" programmer (4gl only), I have tried to poke around in the *.h and *.c files for Unixware looking for anything related to shared memory base address. I have also done a search on the entire Online documentation for Unixware. The only clue is that the base address has to be some multiple of some parameter or other (can't recall right now), but I can't decipher what that parameter value is. If anybody can help me (I've been waiting 4 days for a response from Informix), I would really appreciate it as well. Brad Green Director of Product Development Eden Systems, Inc. brad@edeninc.com Views expressed herein are my own, unless my superiors agree with me (at which point, they will no doubt take the credit)