Ben Kochie wrote: > > what is the /var/shm mount point for? Shared memory. I suppose it's kind of like /proc in that it makes it easier to figure out the status of the different segments and stuff. You actually don't have to mount it on /var/shm, but you should really mount it somewhere. Otherwise, some programs won't run, and other programs (X clients, for example) will fall back to using sockets or named pipes. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ If you had a million / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ Shakespeares, could they \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) write like a monkey? [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org