echo -n 2147483648 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax and put it in /etc/init.d/boot.local as well (so it survives a reboot). -----Original Message----- Subject: [suse-amd64] increasing shared memory Hello, Does anyone know how to allocate more shared memory? Currently, the system shows 33Mb, however I need to bump this up to 2Gb. # cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax 33554432 Thank you in advance. James ~~~ Thank you for the responses. That worked perfectly. ~James