Re: Dosemu ?

FYI

/etc/rcS.d/S55bootmisc.sh in debian

is the same as

/etc/rc.local in RH and others (I think...)

for that sorta stuff; start on boot...

Debian does use the below too (all other distros I've come accross too...),
which is where that sorta call should go...

bests all,
eddie

>From: Arthur Corliss <acorliss@nevaeh-linux.org>
>To: Greg Madden <pabi@acsalaska.net>
>CC: aklug@aklug.org
>Subject: Re: Dosemu ?
>Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:09:37 -0900 (AKST)
>
>On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Greg Madden wrote:
>
> > I have found a solution, of sorts, as to why Dosemu does not run on
>2.6.12
> > + kernels, basically anything after Debian Sarge. It seems that 2.6.12
> > the kernel folks added 'radomization_va_space' . This breaks dosemu
> > v.1.2.x and some other programs. The workaround for the v.1.2.x series
>is
> > to enter, as root, at a comand line of choice,:
> > 'echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space'. Dosemu now works in
> > Debian Etch...yea :-)
> >
> > A question is involved though, the command has to be entered each time
>the
> > box is started. How would I automate the process of entering this
> > command ? Be verbose.
>
>
>Answer:
>
> echo "kernel.radomization_va_space = 0" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
>
>Most distributions include a call to sysctl -p in their init scripts, which
>sets all the proc entries to the specified values in /etc/sysctl.conf.
>This
>is the same file you'd use to set IP forwarding on for NAT boxes, etc.
>("net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1").
>
>I can't vouch that all distributions do this, but I'd be surprised if they
>all
>weren't by this late date.
>
> --Arthur Corliss
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