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jai134

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Registered: 2008-11-26

Posts: 234

Cinelerra startup error message

Hello. When starting Cinelerra I get this:
void MWindow::init_shm():WARNING:/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax is 0x2000000, which is too low
Before running Cinelerra do the following as root:
echo "0x7fffffff" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

Found an answer to that but it seems scary for a noob. Does it change something else that can ruin my really good going setup? Here it is:

For a permanent change, add to the "`/etc/sysctl.conf'" file the following line:

kernel/shmmax=0x7fffffff

For the first time, to avoid restarting your computer, use the following command as root:

sysctl -p