<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Set Kernel Parameters</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Oracle 9i under Fedora Core 3 - Installation HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Set Environment Variables" HREF="sect_04.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Install GCC 2.9 Compat libraries" HREF="sect_06.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Oracle 9i under Fedora Core 3 - Installation HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="sect_04.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="sect_06.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="sect_05" ></A >5. Set Kernel Parameters</H1 ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="sect_05_01" ></A >5.1. Edit /etc/sysctl.conf</H2 ><P >Add the following lines to the <TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/sysctl.conf</TT > file:</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > kernel.shmmax = 2147483648 kernel.shmmni = 128 kernel.shmall = 2097152 kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 fs.file-max = 65536 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000 </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="sect_05_02" ></A >5.2. Edit /etc/security/limits.conf</H2 ><P >Additionally the following lines can be added to the <TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/security/limits.conf</TT > file: </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > oracle soft nofile 65536 oracle hard nofile 65536 oracle soft nproc 16384 oracle hard nproc 16384 </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P >Adding lines into these files requires a reboot before the new settings take effect.</P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sect_04.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sect_06.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Set Environment Variables</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Install GCC 2.9 Compat libraries</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >