[Vm-dev] ulimit rat-rio setting (was Re: [OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm] Do not use linux-latest runner, use an older stable version. (#598))

[Bruce O'Neel]

Hi,

This is exactly the right solution for a package manager.  This will
be very good.

cheers

bruce

On 2021-09-29T15:59:29.000+02:00, Phil B <pbpublist at gmail.com> wrote:

> -------------------------
> 
> A tangential FYI: the Debian packaging will be taking care of this
> as part of the installation.  Currently it installs the
> /etc/security/limits.d/squeak.conf file and I'll look into adding
> the pam.d part as well.
> 
> Of course if there's a way to get the functionality without the
> config tweaking, that would be even better.  If not, well that's
> one of the many reasons we have packages ;-)
> 
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 2:24 AM Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de>
> wrote:
> 
>>   
>>  Hi
>>  
>>>   On 29. Sep 2021, at 00:12, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org>
>>  wrote:
>>>   
>>>   
>>>   This reminds me to ask (probably again) if anyone actually
>>  understands ubuntu and getting the rtprio settings to 'take'.
>>>   
>>>   I have the suggested /etc/security/limits.d/squeak.conf etc but
>>  it appears to be ignored - at least the VM complains about it.
>>  Since `ulimit -a` tells me that rtprio is 0, I suspect it is
>>  correct to complain.
>>>   I've spent way too long trying to make sense of what I find with
>>  googling. This has been going on for ages (so, yes, the machine
>>  has been rebooted) and every now and then I try to make some sense
>>  of it. 
>>  
>>  this file only takes action when pam_limits is used.
>>  can you grep your /etc/pam.d for limits?
>>  
>>  Best regards
>>          -Tobias
>>  
>>  PS: I hate to say it, but it seems the neat architecture of the
>>  heartbeat-VM is not appreciated by
>>      current linux distros. There is just too much to do for the
>>  average user to make use of it.
>>      Also, users need some kind of Root to be able to enable the
>>  rtprio, which is not a good idea.
>>      Is there any way to get away without changing rtprio?

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