I have installed ubuntu 10.04 on a lenovo desktop. I need to increase shared memory permanently to run some program. I add kernel.shmall = 4294967296 kernel.shmmax = 4294967296 in /etc/sysctl.conf but when I run the command sysctl -a|grep shmmax it shows root@haider-desktop:~# sysctl -a|grep shmmax kernel.shmmax = 0 error: "Invalid argument" reading key "fs.binfmt_misc.register" error: permission denied on key 'net.ipv4.route.flush' error: permission denied on key 'net.ipv6.route.flush' root@haider-desktop:~# I again run the command /etc/sysctl.conf -w then it shows root@haider-desktop:~# /etc/sysctl.conf -w bash: /etc/sysctl.conf: Permission denied root@haider-desktop:~# Then I try echo 4294967296 >> /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax but no changes took place. Then I use some trick, I make a dummy file and when I copied or move to /proc/sys/kernel then it shows. No such file or directory root@haider-desktop:~# however I am the running these command by root I dont understand what is going on what is the actual problem with regards Dr. Haider Abbas Manav Rachna College of Engineering Faridabad, India -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
