- xbt_die("Could not map fd %d with size %zu: %s", fd, size, strerror(errno));
+ xbt_die(
+ "Failed to map fd %d with size %zu: %s\n"
+ "If you are running a lot of ranks, you may be exceeding the amount of mappings allowed per process.\n"
+ "On Linux systems, change this value with sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=newvalue (default value: 65536)\n"
+ "Please see http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/simgrid/latest/doc/html/options.html#options_virt for more info.",
+ fd, size, strerror(errno));