On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 12:05:06PM +0100, Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > Hi all, > I'm trying to star qemu but I have problems. > > I'm using Etch and qemu 0.8.1-1 > > When I try to start I receive an error message stating that I have not > enough shared memory. > > the mount command says: > devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) > > If I do what qemu suggest: > umount /dev/shm > mount -t tmpfs -o size=144m none /dev/shm > > the emulation starts correcty > > Here my questions: > > 1. is this the expected behaviour? > 2. where can I find documentation about shm device and temporary file > systems?
For a start, you can read the comments in /etc/init.d/mountvirtfs > 3. how can I change the shm device? > Create an /etc/default/tmpfs containing the line TMPFS_SIZE=144M The default size is half of available memory, so I suppose your system has 256M or less? -- All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power. -- Ashleigh Brilliant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]