Have you setenv DXMEMORY? Try 32 to start with to see if that works.
Also you or your sys admin should run systune, which helped me configure
my system to avoid the shared memory segment/failed problems.
Another thing to check is make sure there are not any other dxexec
processes that did not terminate properly and are still running.
Jeff
On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Niklas Wikstrom wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to get a proper openDX installation on sgi (IRIX6.5).
> Both with the binary distribution, and the source dist, I end up with the
> same problem (SUN and DEC: almost no problems at all):
> Wen starting a dx-application eg. dx -image, the dxexec wont start
> messaging something like: "connection to server failed; cannot attach
> shared memory segment/failed on 2 of 2 needed segments.../cannot
> initilaize DX library"
>
> I tried to have the envvar DXSHMEM set to 0,-1 and unset. 0 and unset
> gives the above result, -1 ands it complains about it must be on (ie. not
> -1).
>
> However starting dx by "dx" without args (ie. dxworker I think), works
> fine, and I can run whatever (I think) from there on. Neverthe less the
> above problems indicate something to be wrong in the setup.
>
> Any clue as to envvars to change or set?
> /Niklas
>
>
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