Firebird 2.5 and SysV Semaphores

2011-05-18 Thread Leonardo M . Ramé
Hi, I have a problem with Firebird 2.5, and posted the issue in their mailing list. They suggested that I have to recompile the kernel to allow more SysV semaphores. Do you recommend this? Here's a copy of my mail: I recently installed Firebird 2.5 on a FreeBSD, it was running ok until

Re: sysv semaphores

2006-11-15 Thread Robin Becker
Damian Wiest wrote: ... No, it's my fault; I checked things on the wrong system. OpenBSD uses seminfo, FreeBSD uses ipc. aa the joy of forking :) -- Robin Becker ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

sysv semaphores

2006-11-14 Thread Robin Becker
I'm trying to test a python extension (POSH) that uses semaphores. When testing I get a run time error that indicates it requires too many semaphores. Is it possible to adjust the allowed number of semaphores without rebuilding the kernel? What are the costs of having semaphores ie are they

Re: sysv semaphores

2006-11-14 Thread Damian Wiest
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 03:22:33PM +, Robin Becker wrote: I'm trying to test a python extension (POSH) that uses semaphores. When testing I get a run time error that indicates it requires too many semaphores. Is it possible to adjust the allowed number of semaphores without rebuilding

Re: sysv semaphores

2006-11-14 Thread Damian Wiest
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 04:46:52PM -0600, Damian Wiest wrote: On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 03:22:33PM +, Robin Becker wrote: I'm trying to test a python extension (POSH) that uses semaphores. When testing I get a run time error that indicates it requires too many semaphores. Is it possible

Re: sysv semaphores

2006-11-14 Thread Robin Becker
Damian Wiest wrote: . You'll want to use either sysctl(8) to change the settings dynamically, or use /etc/sysctl.conf to modify the settings permanently. I'm not sure if there's a benefit to rolling a new kernel versus using sysctl.conf, or if things even work that way anymore. #

Re: sysv semaphores

2006-11-14 Thread Damian Wiest
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 11:56:45PM +, Robin Becker wrote: [snip] thanks very much all very useful info. Someone else recommended looking at these options kern.ipc.semmap=180 kern.ipc.semmni=160 kern.ipc.semmns=210 kern.ipc.semmnu=180 kern.ipc.semmsl=210 kern.ipc.semopm=250