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List:       hpux-devtools
Subject:    Re: HPUX-DEVTOOLS: shared memory regions created on HP machine
From:       Francois-Xavier Kowalski <francois-xavier.kowalski () hp ! com>
Date:       2002-11-29 8:13:41
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Ajay Bansal wrote:

>Well, we are starting the machine without keboard or mouse. But we
>_need_ to start the xserver. We access the machin remotely using Exceed.
>This is a common development machine and many users use it
>simultaneously.
>

In this use case[1], you don't need to start the Xserver on the HP-UX 
machine: The X applications running on the HP-UX server will communicate 
directly with the Exceed X server. All that you need is proper X11 
libraries installed on your system.

FiX

[1] Assuming that you are not using XDCMP kind of login.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Gouriou [mailto:egouriou@cup.hp.com]
>Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 1:48 AM
>To: Ajay Bansal
>Cc: hpux-devtools@cxx.cup.hp.com
>Subject: Re: HPUX-DEVTOOLS: shared memory regions created on HP machine
>
>
>
>Ajay Bansal wrote:
>[...]
>  
>
>>As soon as I re-start my HP machine (HP-UX jupiter B.11.00 U 9000/800
>>517706587 unlimited-user license), shared memory regions, like as
>>follow, start getting created.
>>
>>m    1020 0x00000000 --rw-------      root    daemon
>>
>>and soon the maximum limit of the machine for shred memory regions is
>>reached.
>>
>>I do not have any custom applications which get started automatically
>>after restarting the machine.
>>
>>What could be wrong with the machine? Any tools available to diagnose
>>the problem?
>>    
>>
>
> We have seen a similar issue once in a development release
>of HP-UX 11.22. The defect was fixed before the release.
>
> The description was:
> "X server leaks shared memory segment if started without mouse or
>keybd"
>
> In such a case the workaround was to disable the X server (which isn't
>that useful on a system without mouse or keyboard  anyway), or to
>prevent CDE from starting.
>
> However I'd be surprised if the same defect was already present in
>11.00, since I don't think they use the same X server (11.22 uses
>XFree86). Some I am afraid this won't help much much.
>
> Eric
>
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>Eric Gouriou                             egouriou@cup.hp.com
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