Sergio S. wrote: > Thank you > > K.R. Foley escribió: >> Sergio S. wrote: >>> Hello there, >>> >>> I have read on the ati website that in order to install properly the >>> graphics card drivers >>> I need to have enable the posix shared memory feature >>> >>> http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html >>> >>> I followed the instructions below quoted >>> >>> To enable POSIX Shared Memory on your system, perform the following as >>> root: >>> >>> 1. Add the following line to /etc/fstab (if it isn't there already): >>> tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 >>> 2. Mount shared memory as follows: mount /dev/shm >>> 3. Issue the following command to check that it mounted properly: >>> mount | grep "shm" >>> >>> If the mount was successful, then the following output (or similar) >>> should appear: >>> tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) >>> >>> and the result appeared as it stated above. >>> >>> But after I edited the /etc/fstab file adding that line and having >>> restarted the system >>> >>> the outcome was that the ethernet card was deactivated. >>> >>> On my adsl modem the ethernet light was off, and therefore no internet >>> connection. >>> >>> In the meantime I removed that line from fstab. >>> >>> Any suggestion on how to enable the Posix Shared memory feature and keeping >>> the network card working ? >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> >>> Sergio >>> >>> >>> >> Unless you are using some OLD version of Linunx. posix shared memory is >> probably already enabled. Type mount and look for /dev/shm. > > I am using Opensuse 10.3 > > I typed mount, and this is the outcome > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> mount > /dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) > proc on /proc type proc (rw) > sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) > debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) > udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw) > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) > /dev/sda6 on /home type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) > /dev/sda1 on /windows_C type fuseblk > (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) > /dev/sda4 on /windows_D type fuseblk > (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) > securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) > > Is any of these lines saying that it's enabled ? > > Thanks > > S.
Sorry. Unfortunately newer systems evidently don't mount /dev/shm in the same fashion as older systems do, possibly because now /dev itself is mounted as a tmpfs. Not sure. However, I would be very surprised if your 10.3 system doesn't have posix shared memory capabilities enabled. -- kr -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
