[Serusers] Problem starting

Felix Schmid felix at belugalounge.net
Mon Aug 25 11:28:59 CEST 2003


Ok,

my fault - next time I read docs more thorough...
When started using the -m option it works...

cheers,
felix


On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 10:38, Jiri Kuthan wrote:
> Perhaps this is the problem? -jiri
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Desc:  ser won't run on linux kernels <2.4  (fails with EINVAL when
>       intializing the shared memory)
> BugId:  n/a
> Ser version: 0.8.8, 0.8.9, 0.8.10
> Workaround: Upgrade to a 2.4.* kernel (older kernels don't support shared
>             mmaping of /dev/zero ) or recompile ser with SYSV shm instead of
>             mmap (remove -DSHM_MMAP from Makefile.defs)
> CVS status: n/a
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> At 10:37 AM 8/25/2003, Felix Schmid wrote:
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I am a beginner to ser; I hope I can get some help on this list with
> >my problem.
> >
> >I got ser running on several machines on my home network (it's not
> >difficult though); however now I am trying run install ser on my
> >internet host, which runs on a virtual machine, to set up my own small
> >test bed. The provider limits the memory to be used by each vm to 32MB.
> >When I start ser I get this error:
> >
> >#/usr/sbin/ser
> >'Too much shared memory demanded: 33554432'
> >
> >Is it possible to change the amount of memory ser allocates? I have read
> >the docs and guides accompanying ser, but I can't remember having read
> >something about an option like this. Can I just change the amount of
> >memory being allocated in the sourcecode without screwing ser up? I can
> >live with ser not being able to serve thousands of requests - a couple
> >of dozens is enough for me. If so, can someone point me to the line of
> >code that is causing the error (I am suspecting the ser memory
> >allocation initialization routine)?
> >
> >Help would be very appreciated,
> >cheers,
> >felix 
> >
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