From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:02:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:02:32 -0500 Received: from [213.167.219.235] ([213.167.219.235]:43524 "EHLO penny.ik5pvx.ampr.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:02:25 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.0: apache doesn't start In-Reply-To: <3A5700C4.2A6D867B@colorfullife.com> Reply-To: Pierfrancesco Caci From: Pierfrancesco Caci Date: 06 Jan 2001 13:03:29 +0100 In-Reply-To: Manfred's message of "Sat, 06 Jan 2001 12:25:56 +0100" Message-ID: <87y9wo7ur2.fsf@penny.ik5pvx.ampr.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org :-> "Manfred" == Manfred writes: > I found this in another mail: > Kevin Fenzi wrote: >> Duh. >> >> I figured out the problem. In 2.4.0-test13-pre3 is the introduction of >> the shmall sysctl. I had installed a package called powertweak a while >> back. It looks like powertweak sets any sysctl it doesn't know to 0. >> >> So, the problem was that there was no shared memory for X. ;( >> >> I set that up to a reasonable level and all is well. >> >> sorry for the wild goose chase. :( >> >> kevin >> - > Could you check your /proc/sys/kernel/shmall value? > If 2.4 is really incompatible with powertweak, perhaps a warning should > be added to the release notes. yes, it was at 0. I echoed 8 millions into it, and now apache starts. I had no problem with X though. And, yes, I do have powertweak installed. It can be configured by editing /etc/powertweak.config directly, because powertweak-config looks like it is not finished yet (at least in Debian). What is a reasonable value to put in there ? Pf -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierfrancesco Caci | ik5pvx | mailto:p.caci@tin.it - http://gusp.dyndns.org Firenze - Italia | Office for the Complication of Otherwise Simple Affairs Linux penny 2.4.0 #1 Fri Jan 5 22:35:41 CET 2001 i686 unknown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/