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  1. shared memory problem

    rocael@usa.net — 2000-11-08T19:17:53Z

    HI all!
    
    I did this:
    
    /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -B 1000 -o "-S 2000" -S -D
    /usr/local/pgsql/data
    
    and it says:
    IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432001,
    size=8899584,permission=600
    This type of erro is usually caused by an improper shared memory or System V
    IPC semaphore configuration. Form more information....
    
    what should I do, I am running a 600Mhz Celeron with 512RAM, I have tried the
    same command in others machines and works fine,
    thank you for your help,
    Rocael.
    
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  2. Re: shared memory problem

    Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2000-11-09T02:41:37Z

    <rocael@usa.net> writes:
    > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -B 1000 -o "-S 2000" -S -D
    > /usr/local/pgsql/data
    
    > and it says:
    > IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432001,
    > size=8899584,permission=600
    > This type of erro is usually caused by an improper shared memory or System V
    > IPC semaphore configuration. Form more information....
    
    Most likely your kernel isn't set to allow shared memory blocks as
    large as 8M.
    
    			regards, tom lane