[daip] AIPS - Shared memory ID failure: Lion equivalent of sysctl.conf

[Eric Greisen]

Brendan Reardon wrote:
> Eric Greisen - 
> 
> On one of our computers that run AIPS here at Brandeis, we have an 
> shared memory issue. Online, you write the solution for versions of Mac 
> such as Leopard to include a file such as the one attached which sets 
> the shared memory. Our question is if you have developed or know of the 
> alternative for the new Lion systems as this additional file does not help.
> 
> Thank you,
> Brendan Reardon
> 

This file name and contents did not change for Lion.  You should try
a larger value for shmmax - double it for example.  Then reboot and the 
try the command "sysctl kern.sysv" to make sure the new values "took".

Eric Greisen