[daip] Shared memory id failure

[Eric Greisen]

On 02/20/2017 05:24 AM, Zhongzu Wu wrote:
>
>
> Dear  contributors of aips :
>      I am trying to install aips on  a MAC system:iMac (Retina 5K,
> 27-inch, Late 2015)        3.3 GHz Intel Core i5  8 GB 1867 MHz DDR3
>  AMD Radeon R9 M395 2048 MB
> The error information is as follows:
>
>
> MinfengdeiMac:~ gumf$ aips
>
> START_AIPS: Your initial AIPS printer is the
>
> START_AIPS:  - system name , AIPS type
>
>
>
> START_AIPS: User data area assignments:
>
> DADEVS.PL <http://DADEVS.PL>: This program is untested under Perl
> version 5.018
>
>   (Using global default file /Users/gumf/aips/DA00/DADEVS.LIST for
> DADEVS.PL <http://DADEVS.PL>)
>
>    Disk 1 (1) is /Users/gumf/aips/DATA/MINFENGDEIMAC_1
>
>    Disk 2 (2) is /Users/gumf/aips/DATA/MINFENGDEIMAC_4
>
>    Disk 3 (3) is /Users/gumf/aips/DATA/MINFENGDEIMAC_3
>
>    Disk 4 (4) is /Users/gumf/aips/DATA/MINFENGDEIMAC_2
>
>
> Tape assignments:
>
>    Tape 1 is REMOTE
>
>    Tape 2 is REMOTE
>
>
>
> START_AIPS: I am GUESSING you are at a workstation called minfengdeimac
>
> START_AIPS: Starting TV servers on minfengdeimac asynchronously
>
> START_AIPS:  - with Internet Sockets...
>
> START_AIPS: Starting TPMON daemons on MINFENGDEIMAC asynchronously...
>
> Starting up 31DEC17 AIPS with normal priority
>
> Begin the one true AIPS number 4 (release of 31DEC17) at priority =   0
>
> AIPS 4: You are assigned TV device/server   1
>
> AIPS 4: You are assigned graphics device/server   1
>
> AIPS 4: Enter user ID number
>
> ?DADEVS.PL <http://DADEVS.PL>: This program is untested under Perl
> version 5.018
>
> XASERVERS: TVSERV is already running on host minfengdeimac, user gumf
>
> XASERVERS: Start XAS on minfengdeimac, DISPLAY
> /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.tkOjZm9flR/org.macosforge.xquartz:0
>
> XAS: ** TrueColor FOUND!!!
>
> XAS: ***  Using shared memory option for speed ***
>
> XAS: Using screen width 2550 height 1318,
>
>      max grey level 8191 in 16 grey-scale memories
>
> Shared memory id failure: Invalid argument
>
> XASERVERS: TEKSRV is already running on host minfengdeimac, display
> /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.tkOjZm9flR/org.macosforge.xquartz:0, user
> gumf
>
> XASERVERS: MSGSRV is already running on host minfengdeimac, display
> /private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.tkOjZm9flR/org.macosforge.xquartz:0, user
> gumf
>
>
> Following the instructions
> online(http://www.aips.nrao.edu/aipsmgr/index.html
> <http://www.aips.nrao.edu/aipsmgr/index.html>) ,   I have created an
> /etc/sysctl.conf file and put the values in it
>
>        kern.sysv.shmmax=10485760
>             kern.sysv.shmmin=1
>             kern.sysv.shmmni=32
>             kern.sysv.shmseg=8
>             kern.sysv.shmall=4096
>
> also tried to change  10485760 to 16777216
>
> but it did not work,  can you help me fix this problem please, thank you very much!!

Did you re-boot the computer after creating the /etc/sysctl.conf file 
with the 16777216 value for shmmax?  You will need that large a value 
for your large screen.  After the re-boot, type "sysctl kern.sysv" to
see if the boot-up accepted your values.

ERic Greisen