Re: Trying to Install Informix Database on Sparc5 Running Solaris
That's pretty close to what the tail of my /etc/system file says
(it's a Sparc 20 running Solaris 2.5.1):
* Only use 'set enable_sm_wa = 1' on sun4m machines (eg Sparc 10)
set enable_sm_wa = 1
* Semaphore set configuration
set semsys:seminfo_semmap=64
set semsys:seminfo_semmni=1024
set semsys:seminfo_semmns=1024
set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=1024
set semsys:seminfo_semume=64
* Shared memory configuration (16 MB maximum)
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=16777216
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=100
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100
set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=100
I don't have any other active lines in my /etc/system file, and the only
difference is that I've got fewer semaphores than you do. I've never
worked out the significance of the enable_sm_wa flag; I don't know that it
matters.
Changes in /etc/system only take effect at reboot time, but I see that you
did reboot. The 'fatal error in shared memory creation' message normally
means that it is a Unix configuration problem, but not inevitably. Are you
using OnMonitor to do the initialization? Are you using LiveWire Pro or is
it an independent-of-Netscape OnLine installation? Are the disk
permissions set correctly. How many users are you configuring? You need
one semaphore per user (and maybe a few to spare), but it is unlikely that
you are configuring 4096 users.
More questions than answers.
Yours,
Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <witticism.h>
}From: hugh@netserver.web.net
}Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 12:41:47 -0400
}X-Informix-List-Id: <news.41028>
}
}Pardon this question if you feel that it is more appropriate to the UNIX
}newsgroups.
}
}I am trying to install an Informix database as a part of a netscape
}Certificate server on a Sparc 5 running Solaris 2.5.1. This machine has
}160 Mbytes of memory and 340 M of swap space. Anyway, in the install
}instructions, I was told to add some settings to our /etc/system file.
}I added these settings (mostly to do with shared memory) and rebooted.
}
}After installing, when I try to start the database, I get the following
}error:
}oninit: Fatal error in shared memory creation
}
}is there something I'm missing in terms of getting the new settings in
}/etc/system to take effect? Here is a copy of the settings I put into
}/etc/system:
}
}* Settings required by Informix database for the Netscape Certificate
}server
}set enable_sm_wa = 1
}
}set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=16777216
}set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=100
}set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100
}set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=100
}
}set semsys:seminfo_semmap=64
}set semsys:seminfo_semmni=4096
}set semsys:seminfo_semmns=4096
}set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=4096
}set semsys:seminfo_semume=64
}
}Any help is appreciated
}-Hugh Ferguson
}hugh@to.opentext.com