Re: shared mem problem

Posted in 1996

Michael Lorton — 21 Feb 1996 16:48:12 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <4gdg4g$ouj@venice.sedd.trw.com> kimmel@oahu.sedd.trw.com (Mike Kimmel) writes: Mike> We are having problems initializing shared memory. I Mike> installed our online 7.1 software. when i do a "init -i" Mike> the following 2 lines appear in the online.log Mike> 13:51:46 shmget: [EEXIST][17]: key 52564801: shared memory Mike> already exists 13:51:46 mt_shm_init: can't create resident Mike> segment The problem is exactly what it says it is: the segment already exists (did you unsucessfully try to install before). This should get rid of it: ipcrm -s 52564801 YMMV. Disclaimer: I know nothing about Informix, so proceed at your own risk! M.