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From: Ward Bones <ward@zipco.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Gimp and X11 error: SYSVSHM non-present--solved
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 05:52:40 +0000
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Yep, thanks guys.  I must have been up too late (again).  Between your
advice and the handbook entry I re-compiled my kernel to include SYSVSHM
and ...Voila!  Gimp is rockin'.

Thanks again,

wb

Ward Bones wrote:
> 
> When I run Gimp.99 or .5x I get a core dump and the message:
> 
> cmd gimp pid 1106 tried to use non-present SYSVSHM
> 
> I see the message whenever I kill the x-server also.  I've searched for
> docs regarding SYSVSHM everywhere from my FreeBSD handbook to XFree86.
> 
> Have any of you had the same problem and found a solution?
> 
> wb