Cinelerra - Problems with installation

[gianfranco2]

After adding Cinelerra to my list of repositories (sudo apt-add-repository ppa:cinelerra-ppa/ppa), and running sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install cinelerra-cv, I got the following error messages:

cannot open locale definition file `de_DE': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing cinelerra-cv (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4

However, Cinelerra appears to have been installed and can be launched without significant problems; but now Cinelerra displays the following errors:

voidMWindow::init_shm():WARNING: /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax is 0x2000000, which is too low
Before running Cinelerra do the following as root:
echo "0x7fffffff" >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

I wonder, do the above error messages constitute a problem and should they be treated with concern? I understand that this is probably some minor issue, given the fact that the program runs, but still, is it likely to cause any problems in the future?

[fghj8812]

subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4[/I]

For Cinelerra - no problem. But you will have problems with the installation and removal of other programs.
Simply make a now:

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/cinelerra-cv.postinst

sudo dpkg --configure -a

If you look at the script cinelerra-cv.postinst, you'll see it:

...# this add iso-8859-15 to all language suppoted by cinelerra
for i in de_DE es_ES fr_FR it_IT pt_BR sl_SI eu_ES eu_FR
do
if ! localedef --list-archive | grep $i | grep iso885915
then localedef -c -i $i -f ISO-8859-15 $i.ISO-8859-15
.....

This script wants to add locale de_DE.ISO-8859-15, but does not find it in your system.

This is a frequent question. I already answered this question here http://forum.ubuntu.ru/index.php?top...;topicseen#new and make screenshots. But there it is written in Russian.
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t...1-start-0.html
shmmax is just the maximum sized memory segment a process can request, an increase shouldn't really be a security issue, and the increase they're asking for is only 4 times the default, which isn't that much.

You can just add "kernel.shmmax 134217728" to /etc/sysctl.conf to have it set to 0x8000000 upon each boot.
Alternatively you could just run the echo command as suggested, and then run `echo 33554432 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax` to reset it to the default when finished with cinerella, if you're really concerned about it.

http://www.g-raffa.eu/Cinelerra/HOWTO/installation.html
How to approach the Cinelerra error message you get at start up

When you start Cinelerra you get an error message saying:

The following errors occurred:
void MWindow::init_shm0: WARNING:/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax is 0x2000000, which is too low.
Before running Cinelerra do the following as root:
echo "0x7ffffff">/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

Actually this message is not an error, but rather a reminder.
shmmax is a configurable kernel parameter that defines the system-wide maximum allowable shared memory. Shared Memory (shm) is an efficeint means of passing data between programs. One program will create a memory portion which other processes can access. This error message asks you to increase the shared memory allocated by default on the Linux kernel.

What to do?

Option 1:
Ignore this message. You won’t get in any trouble because of this.

Option 2:
Do what you are told. That is open a terminal and type:

sudo echo "0x7ffffff">/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

This command will increase the shared memory during your work session.

Option 3:
Open a terminal and type:

sudo sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=0x7fffffff

This way you have increased the shared memory permanently.

You can obtain the same effect by manually editing the configuration file for setting system variables. Open a terminal and type: sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf At the bottom of the file, add those lines: # Make Cinelerra happy kernel.shmmax=0x7fffffff Save and close. This is another way to increase the shared memory permanently.

[gianfranco2]

Thank you for replying to my question! I am reinstalling the system now (upgrading to Xubuntu 13.10) but this information, I think, will definitely prove useful in the future when reinstalling the application.