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Merge pull request #358 from vkucera/troubleshooting-shmem
Troubleshooting: Rephrase the help for the shm error
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- You should be greeted with `Welcome to the ALICE GRID`.
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- Exit with `exit`.
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### shmem: could not create a message of size ...
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### Could not create a message
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Add `--shm-segment-size 1000000000` (or larger number) to your o2 command.
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It is due to shared memory segment that is probably outdated for the size of the intermediate tables you have. It is actually set as 90% of system's max VSIZE allowance set in limits, or 2GB if the limits cannot be found, which is probably what happens in your case.
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Error message:
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```text
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shmem: could not create a message of size ...
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```
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The shared-memory segment is probably too small for the size of the intermediate tables you have.
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It is set as 90 % of system's maximum `VSIZE` set in limits or 2 GB, if the limits cannot be found, which is probably what happens in your case.
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Set `--shm-segment-size 1000000000` (or larger) in your O2 command.
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## Graphical issue with high DPI monitors
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## Graphical issue with high-DPI monitors
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When using monitors with high DPI the labels and text in TBrowser might be too small, especially when fractional scaling is enabled in multiple
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monitors setup. A workaround for this issue is to create a local .rootrc file in the $HOME folder including the following lines, edited with your own

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