> I found this in another mail:
> Kevin Fenzi wrote:
>> Duh.
>>
>> I figured out the problem. In 2.4.0-test13-pre3 is the introduction of
>> the shmall sysctl. I had installed a package called powertweak a while
>> back. It looks like powertweak sets any sysctl it doesn't know to 0.
>>
>> So, the problem was that there was no shared memory for X. ;(
>>
>> I set that up to a reasonable level and all is well.
>>
>> sorry for the wild goose chase. :(
>>
>> kevin
>> -
> Could you check your /proc/sys/kernel/shmall value?
> If 2.4 is really incompatible with powertweak, perhaps a warning should
> be added to the release notes.
yes, it was at 0. I echoed 8 millions into it, and now apache
starts. I had no problem with X though.
And, yes, I do have powertweak installed.
It can be configured by editing /etc/powertweak.config directly,
because powertweak-config looks like it is not finished yet (at least
in Debian).
What is a reasonable value to put in there ?
Pf
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