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.
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   kr
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