ACTIVE TASK::start(): can't create memory-mapped file: shmget() failed

From BOINC Wiki
Revision as of 21:14, 23 November 2016 by Jord (talk | contribs) (adding new faq)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

You will get this error when the Linux permissions on the BOINC data directory is set wrong. Use chown -R boinc:boinc /var/lib/boinc to fix this. Of course when your data directory is in another place, change the path way.

Retrieved from "https://boinc.mundayweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=ACTIVE_TASK::start():_can%27t_create_memory-mapped_file:_shmget()_failed&oldid=2329"