Re: Error in shared memory initialization

mukta mohindra wrote: > > I initialized my online 7.2 on Solaris 2.5.1. Then I tried to add > dbtempspace and logical logs. Now when I do oninit it gives me the error > > oninit: Fatal error in shared memory initialization > The online log says > 10:16:26 Event alarms enabled. ALARMPROG = > '/usr/informix/etc/alarm.sh' > 10:16:28 DR: DRAUTO is 0 (Off) > 10:16:28 INFORMIX-OnLine Stopped. > 10:16:29 mt_shm_remove: WARNING: may not have removed all/correct> segments Either the Online engine is still up or when you brought it down the shared memory segments were not removed. First try 'onmode -ky' as root even if the engine is down this will usually remove any memory segments left around. You can check with: 'ipcs|fgrep informix'. If memory or semaphore segments are still around use ipcrm, as root, to remove them. Note that if you get an error of the form 'segment does not exist' but it shows up in ipcs that means that the segment has indeed been removed but some application (dbaccess etc) is still running attached to the shared memory segment. Killing the remaining applications will free the segment so it no longer shows up in the reports. Last resort, reboot. Art S. Kagel