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Add troubleshooting section for shared memory errors
Added troubleshooting tip for shared memory segment size issue.
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docs/troubleshooting/README.md

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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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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It is due to shared memory segment that is probably outdated for the size of the intermediate tables you have.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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## 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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