Re: shared memory in computational chemistry

[Peter Schueller <ps@brumma.com>]

Francesco Pietra wrote:
> QUESTIONS: 
> 1) How to set shmmax in debian? 

for experiments i suggest:

echo "10000000" >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

for a permanent solution you have to edit /etc/sysctl.conf where you will be able to put a line like

kernel.shmmax = 1000000

(have a look at man sysctl.conf)

But I don't know if this will work in your cluster ...

Best Regards,

Peter