[ILUG] shmget

[Liam Bedford]

And don't forget to mkdir /var/shm :)

Alternatively, read /usr/src/linux/Documentation/CHANGES, has some
wonderful insights into what they changed for this version :)

L.
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Liam Bedford				01-4170153
System Administrator			WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Ctr.,
					Harcourt St., Dublin 2

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie]On Behalf Of
> Martin Donlon
> Sent: 03 April 2000 09:52
> To: Mel
> Cc: Diarmaid O'Loughlin; ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] shmget
> 
> 
> try something like:
> none                    /var/shm                shm     defaults    0 0
> in your /etc/fstab
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Mel wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Diarmaid O'Loughlin wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm running the 2.3.99-pre3 kernel and I get this in my boot 
> up messages
> > > anybody any idesa's
> > > 
> > > shmget: shm filesystem not mounted
> > > 
> > > repeated 5 times. I looked through the kernel configuration 
> and there's no
> > > mention of it at all. A look on Google show's up it's a C 
> function call
> > > realted to the System V memory sharing. All my app's are 
> complaning that
> > > they can't use the function shmget. What do I have to do so 
> my system can
> > > use this ?
> > > 
> > 
> > IRCC, shm in that kernel is a filesystem and isn't accessed any 
> more using
> > the System V functions. I'm not sure myself how you really do 
> it because I
> > don't use that kernel (too lazy) but if you grep through documentation
> > looking for shm, it should list what you need to mount the fs and then
> > acccess it.
> > 
> > AFAIK, shm is not got using open,close, read and so on like a normal FD
> > but I could be well wrong there.
> > 
> > Most awkwardly, all old apps with shm will throw a fit which could be
> > irrating
> > 
> > 			Mel
> > 
> > 
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