I got shmat issues...

[sesmar]

I know this is referring to Sybase but this is a fix for shmat issues on Gentoo.

Sybase requires at least 64MB of system wide shared memory. Unfortunately, most linux distros, including Gentoo are configured with on 32MB, by default. To verify that your system has not been configured with more, issue the command /sbin/sysctl kernel.shmmax. If it doesn't report at least 64MB, or 67108864 bytes, then perform one of the following: - To temporarily increase the shared memory until next reboot issue the following: /sbin/sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=67108864 - To increase it permanently, edit /etc/sysctl.conf to include the following:

kernel.shmmax = 67108864

To make this take effect from now on issue a /sbin/sysctl -p.

[Angelox]

Originally Posted by sesmar

I know this is referring to Sybase but this is a fix for shmat issues on Gentoo.

This worked on my Mandriva too , thanks.

[gernblan]

Yup, will work on pretty much any distro