Package: procps Version: 1:3.3.2-3 Severity: minor I made a file, /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf and then I saw in the manpage that running "sysctl --system" will apply the settings specified in the *.conf files, but see below what happens (it loads and parses every file):
sysctl --system * Applying /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl ... sysctl: /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl(1): invalid syntax, continuing... sysctl: /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl(3): invalid syntax, continuing... sysctl: /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl(4): invalid syntax, continuing... sysctl: /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl(5): invalid syntax, continuing... sysctl: /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl(7): invalid syntax, continuing... sysctl: /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl(8): invalid syntax, continuing... sysctl: /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl(10): invalid syntax, continuing... sysctl: /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl(11): invalid syntax, continuing... sysctl: /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl(12): invalid syntax, continuing... sysctl: /etc/sysctl.d/README.sysctl(13): invalid syntax, continuing... * Applying /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf ... kernel.nmi_watchdog = 0 * Applying /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf~ ... kernel.nmi_watchdog = 0 * Applying /etc/sysctl.conf ... -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages procps depends on: ii initscripts 2.88dsf-22.1 ii libc6 2.13-27 ii libncurses5 5.9-4 ii libncursesw5 5.9-4 ii libprocps0 1:3.3.2-3 ii libtinfo5 5.9-4 ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian0 Versions of packages procps recommends: ii psmisc 22.16-1 procps suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org