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From: Brian Clapper <clapper@platinum.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Gimp and X11 error: SYSVSHM non-present
Date: 14 Jul 1997 10:23:23 -0400
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Ward Bones <ward@zipco.net> writes:

> 
> 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.

Are you sure about that?  See below.

> Have any of you had the same problem and found a solution?

See `http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ120.html'.  There's a specific mention
of GIMP on that page.

-- 
Brian Clapper, clapper@platinum.com
It's not reality that's important, but how you perceive things.