Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Krishnan Subramaniam <krishnan@apple.com>
Reply-To: krishnan@apple.com
Subject: Re: strange error
Organization: Apple Computer Inc
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 23:41:01 -0700
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> I've encountered a strange error that I can't make sense of.  Anyone have any
> suggestions or ideas?  I won't be too specific with the workings of the code
> at this point, since I don't believe it's the code that producing the error.
> 
> I start up the pvm daemon, and then run my program.  If I'm running the
> 'master' daemon on this machine, I get the error:
> 
> libpvm [pid20253]: pvmbeatask() shmget: No space left on device
> 
> If I run the 'master' daemon on another machine, the program runs just fine.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt


Use ipcs, iprm to clean up any "hanging" shared mem. The OS typically 
does not reclaim unused shared mem segments.

Krishnan.

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Krishnan Subramaniam
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