Ubuntu
linux-source-2.6.17 package

  1. Bug #59331
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 59331

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Gruff (contact-pelham-projects) wrote :

I'm a new Linux user as well, so this may be obvious to everyone else but I got caught out until I realised that Ubuntu overwrites changes made to sysctl.conf when you reboot unless you use the correct command to edit the file.

The command is:
sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf

If you just edit the file without 'sudo' then the changes will be overwritten on reboot.

Hope this helps!