[hobbit] shm problems

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:21:09AM +0100, Mostardi, David  (MDL US) wrote:
> I'm having memory problems when launching Hobbit on Solaris 9. 
> 
> Initially the error in /var/log/hobbit/hobbitlaunch.log is "Could not attach
> shm Too many open files", 

This usually means you have to tune the kernel parameters. See
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1759/6mhfh76fr?a=view for shared
memory settings, and
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1759/6mhfh76fq?a=view for semaphore
settings.

> 2006-08-22 15:28:15 ftok() returns: 0x1007F5B
> 2006-08-22 15:28:15 shmget() returns: 0x1
> 2006-08-22 15:28:15 Could not attach shm Permission denied
> 2006-08-22 15:28:15 Cannot setup status channel
> 2006-08-22 15:28:20 Task hobbitd terminated, status 1

I really cannot see any other explanation than this shared memory
segment already existing, and created by another user on the system.
If you shutdown Hobbit, and then - as root - run the "ipcs -m" command,
what does it say ? Note that you must run it as root, because if you
run it as the hobbit user it will only show its own IPC ressources,
not those owned by others.


Regards,
Henrik