Hello, >From /etc/sysctl.conf:
# Allow for more PIDs (cool factor!); may break some programs #kernel.pid_max = 999999 I though it may be neat to have a bigger pid pool, So I edited the file to change the value to 99999 and run: # sysctl -p error: "Invalid argument" setting key "kernel.pid_max" # cat /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max 32768 # echo "99999" > /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument # echo 99999 > /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument # sysctl -w kernel.pid_max="99999" error: "Invalid argument" setting key "kernel.pid_max" # sysctl -w kernel.pid_max=99999 error: "Invalid argument" setting key "kernel.pid_max" How do you get this to work? I do have sysctl support in the kernel: # cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep SYSCTL CONFIG_SYSCTL=y Also, assuming you can help me get this sorted does anyone know which programs this may break? Thanks for consideration, -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
