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authorMatthias Hentges <oe@hentges.net>2008-01-05 17:56:09 +0000
committerMatthias Hentges <oe@hentges.net>2008-01-05 17:56:09 +0000
commit742fb4ae71e6a7e655385086ba9edebbf00b6ebd (patch)
treeab9c54d1dc4020f54b13fdb6d630d206eff02e6e /packages/navit/files/navit.launcher
parentc8a8abcf0505228f0d50393e6e44a2dcea832b1a (diff)
navit: Update .inc, include navit.launcher to enable the low-mem workaround on-demand.
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+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright Matthias Hentges <devel@hentges.net> (c) 2008
+# License: GPL (see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt for a copy of the license)
+#
+# Filename: navit.launcher
+# Date: 20080105 (YMD)
+#
+#################################################################################
+#
+# 20080105 - v0.0.1 - Initial release
+
+# On devices with low memory (< 512Mb?) Navit will segfault on start.
+# This can be worked around by doing
+# "echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory"
+
+if test "`cat /proc/meminfo | grep ^MemTotal | awk '{print $2}'`" -lt "500000"
+then
+ if test "$USER" = "root"
+ then
+ echo "Enabling low-mem workaround..."
+ echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory
+ else
+ echo "I need root-privs to enable the low-mem workaround!"
+ fi
+fi
+
+navit.real $*
+
+