Secure Global Desktop Administration Guide > Getting started > What operating system changes do I need to make?
This page lists the recommended changes to operating systems for running Secure Global Desktop:
The 2.4+ kernel is much more demanding of swap than earlier versions.
We recommend you allocate a swap file twice the size of physical memory. So if you have 1Gb RAM, increase your swap to 2Gb.
For more information, see Linux swapfile notes and LWN.net Kernel development.
You should install the appropriate patches for your Solaris version. These are available from the SunSolve Online Patches page.
Note: The patches recommended by Sun for Solaris may not apply to Siemens Solaris-based systems. For information about which patches to install on these systems, refer to your Siemens contact or the Siemens web site.
Each emulator session requires one pseudo-tty. For example, 50 users running 10 applications each on one application server requires 500 pseudo-ttys.
To set the number of pseudo-ttys, first back up your /etc/system file. Then edit
the file and add the following line:set pt_cnt=limit
where limit is the number of pseudo-ttys you require.
To create the new devices, reboot with the -r option.
See the SunSolve site for advice on increasing pseudo-ttys.
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