| From: | "Brent R(dot) Matzelle" <bmatzelle(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Cannot start postmaster |
| Date: | 2001-03-19 16:59:55 |
| Message-ID: | 200103191701.f2JH18k78435@mail.postgresql.org |
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3/17/2001 1:32:53 PM, "Moishe Groger" <groger(at)techfeasibility(dot)com> wrote:
> I just finished compiling and installing the newest versions of cygwin,
> cygipc, and postgresql 7.1 beta 6. When I attempt to run "postmaster -D
> /usr/local/pgsql/data", however, I receive the following error message:
>
> C:\cygwin\usr\local\pgsql\bin\postgres.exe: ***
> recreate_mmaps_after_fork_failed
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster: Startup proc 924 exited with status 256
The current version of Cygwin, 1.1.8, has a bug in mmap()/fork() that causes
that particular error. You can refer to this bug report:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-02/msg00203.html. The bug has been
fixed and has been placed in the current CVS. I personally have not tried
it.
Brent
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