Nicola
> From:
paulcha...@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [CinCV] cinelerra startup error in Ubuntu
10.10 64bit
> To:
cinelerra@skolelinux.no
> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 05:29:49 -0800
>
> Thanks, Hermann!
>
> I did run 'echo "0x7fffffff" >
/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax' as root, but Cinelerra crashed when I
tried to edit some videos.
>
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:42:11 +0100
> From: Ichthyostega
<p...@ichthyostega.de>
> To:
cinelerra@skolelinux.no
> Subject: Re: [CinCV] cinelerra startup error in Ubuntu
10.10 64bit
> Reply-To:
cinelerra@skolelinux.no
>
> Paul Chang schrieb:
> > Installed cinelerra in Ubuntu 10.10 64bit. Every
time, when I tried to start
> > cinelerra, I got an error message as shown in the
attached screen shot. Any
> > fix suggestion and work-around is highly
appreciated!
>
> Hi Paul Chang,
>
> the most simple fix is right below your nose: do as
Cinelerra tells you!
>
> | Before running Cinelerra, do the following as root
> |
> | echo "0x7fffffff" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
>
>
> This command tells your OS kernel to allow individual
programs to use
> more shared memory, which is what Cinelerra needs.
> Because such a setting could be used for a
denial-of-service-attack,
> only the root user is allowed to do such a setting.
>
> Thus, at a console, you call "sudo -i" to get a "root
console"
> and there you can issue this command.
>
>
> Which creates kind of a twist. Not every user is capable
of running this
> command. Moreover it gets annoying if you have to do it
every time you boot your
> computer again. Thus, from here on there are several
options to make your life
> better and let Cinelerra complain less...
> - put it somewhere into the system configuration, so this
command is executed at
> boot automatically
> - write a wrapper script to start Cinelerra
> - some pre compiled packages even install such an wrapper
script automatically
> (if I recall correct, the "Akirad" packages do this).
>
> Now it's a bit difficult to help you further without
knowing your skill level.
> How familiar are you with unix like operating systems? Do
you know how to
> write a little shell script? Do you know how to handle
the Unix permissions?
>
> Maybe someone else on the list can give more informations
about a precompiled
> packages (I compiled Cinelerra myself, thus I can't say
much about that topic)
>
> Greetings,
> Hermann V.
>
>
>
>
>
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