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I've done the usual edit of /etc/sysctl.conf to include the parameter, but it just tosses errors. I haven't had to tune a kernel in a very long time, what's different about it nowadays (or have I simply forgotten how)?

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Added "kernel.semmni = 2048" to the tail of /etc/sysctl.conf and then ran "sysctl -p". End result is an unknown key error (apparently kernel.semmni isn't the valid name anymore?).

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What hasn't changed is that you're unlikely to get helpful replies if you don't include the contents of the offending configuration file and the error messages in your question. – Gilles Sep 13 '10 at 19:50
I guess I can stick 'em in there if you think it's necessary, but what I'm really looking for is a "here's how it's done now" and I didn't want to contaminate that by having the old way and having a bunch of other old-timers say "yeah, that SHOULD work". :-) – Brian Knoblauch Sep 13 '10 at 19:55
OK, this doesn't work under Oracle Enterprise Linux either. There's got to be a way to change the number of system wide semaphores available, the default 128 is ridiculously low. Any more ideas? – Brian Knoblauch Sep 24 '10 at 13:04
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You can see the list of valid sysctl params with sysctl -a. I'd run that, see if it's changed in your newer kernel

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Helpful, I was completely overlooking that option. "semmni" is not a valid option on this kernel. Rather unfortunate, since the software I'm trying to install says that I need to bump it from 128 up to 2048... Argh. – Brian Knoblauch Sep 14 '10 at 15:00
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Finally got it. Desipite what everything I found on Google suggested, semaphores aren't individually settable, they're all bundled together under "kernel.sem". Added:

kernel.sem=250 32000 100 2048

to my /etc/sysctl.conf and I'm in business!

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