From 72ba5e3936e8e88d4a49f47241d2733ed3c4d5df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bill Somerville Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:10:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Mac installation guide Update Mac shared memory system file Merged from branch wsjtx. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/wsjt/wsjt/branches/wsjtx-1.4@4672 ab8295b8-cf94-4d9e-aec4-7959e3be5d79 --- Darwin/ReadMe.txt | 24 +----------------------- Darwin/sysctl.conf | 2 -- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/Darwin/ReadMe.txt b/Darwin/ReadMe.txt index 0deaf160f..08db29b28 100644 --- a/Darwin/ReadMe.txt +++ b/Darwin/ReadMe.txt @@ -23,33 +23,11 @@ has to be increased. You can check the current allocation on your Mac by typin If your shmmax is already at least 33554432 (32 MB) then you can close the Terminal window and skip the next steps and go to (NEXT). - -You now have to increase the shared memory allocation. To view this file use TextEdit -to open sysctl.conf. - -This will show: - -kern.hostname=yourcomputername.local -kern.sysv.shmmax=33554432 -kern.sysv.shmmin=1 -kern.sysv.shmmni=128 -kern.sysv.shmseg=32 -kern.sysv.shmall=8192 - -You must now replace yourcomputername.local with the exact name of your computer. -To find this use the Terminal window and type: - - sysctl -a | grep hostname - -and will find your computer name. Now use TextEdit to replace yourcomputername.local -in this file with the output from this command, including the .local at the end. Save -the file. Now move this file into place for the system to use by typing: (Note this assumes that you really did drag this file to your Desktop as required earlier.) - cd $HOME/Desktop - sudo cp sysctl.conf /etc/ + sudo cp $HOME/Desktop/sysctl.conf /etc/ sudo chmod 664 /etc/sysctl.conf sudo chown root:wheel /etc/sysctl.conf diff --git a/Darwin/sysctl.conf b/Darwin/sysctl.conf index 48fd8bde5..50ce64c49 100644 --- a/Darwin/sysctl.conf +++ b/Darwin/sysctl.conf @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ -kern.hostname=yourcomputername.local kern.sysv.shmmax=33554432 kern.sysv.shmmin=1 kern.sysv.shmmni=128 kern.sysv.shmseg=32 kern.sysv.shmall=8192 -