Re: initdb fails with invalid argument to shmat

Actually, I tried both. I first installed Cygwin and postgresql and various other packages from the Cygwin mirror at ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov and encountered the "shmat" problem. I then tried building the source myself, but I wasn't any more successful. Note that the Cygwin install from the mirror site was to a pristine environment - there wasn't an existing Cygwin installation on my PC prior to my original post to this group on Sunday.

-----Original Message-----
From: mike g <mike(at)thegodshalls(dot)com>
Sent: Jul 1, 2004 11:33 PM
To: Kevin Marth <kem1(at)peoplepc(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] initdb fails with invalid argument to shmat

You are correct that services cannot be run under ME.

Did you build from source or install it as cygwin package?

I receive the same error when trying to run it under XP when building
from source. Using the cygwin package it works fine. I have not yet
had the time to continue to debug why I can't execute from the source
code.

On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 13:43, Kevin Marth wrote:
> I am working with Windows ME. I could be mistaken, but it doesn't seem possible to run as a service under ME. When I try to invoke cygrunsrv, I get a message basically saying that "this service is unavailable". If I am mistaken, then I could use some further clarification about how to run as a service under ME. Thanks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mike g <mike(at)thegodshalls(dot)com>
> Sent: Jun 30, 2004 10:54 PM
> To: Kevin Marth <kem1(at)peoplepc(dot)com>
> Cc: pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] initdb fails with invalid argument to shmat
>
> What version of windows is this on and are you trying to run it as a
> service?
>
>
> On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 00:13, Kevin Marth wrote:
> > I am using Cygwin 1.5.10-3 and postgresql 7.4.3-1 freshly downloaded and installed from scratch earlier today.
> >
> > I have set CYGWIN=server and started cygserver (from the default account).
> >
> > I receive the following when I execute "initdb -D /home/default/data --debug". Can someone set me straight? I don't see this particular problem in the archives. Thanks.
> >
> > ================
> >
> > Running in debug mode.
> >
> > initdb: internal variables:
> > PGDATA=/home/default/data
> > datadir=/usr/share/postgresql
> > PGPATH=/usr/bin
> > ENCODING=
> > ENCODINGID=0
> > POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=default
> > POSTGRES_BKI=/usr/share/postgresql/postgres.bki
> > POSTGRES_DESCR=/usr/share/postgresql/postgres.description
> > POSTGRESQL_CONF_SAMPLE=/usr/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf.sample
> > PG_HBA_SAMPLE=/usr/share/postgresql/pg_hba.conf.sample
> > PG_IDENT_SAMPLE=/usr/share/postgresql/pg_ident.conf.sample
> > The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "default".
> > This user must also own the server process.
> >
> > The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
> >
> > creating directory /home/default/data... ok
> > creating directory /home/default/data/base... ok
> > creating directory /home/default/data/global... ok
> > creating directory /home/default/data/pg_xlog... ok
> > creating directory /home/default/data/pg_clog... ok
> > selecting default max_connections... 10
> > selecting default shared_buffers... 50
> > creating configuration files... ok
> > creating template1 database in /home/default/data/base/1... DEBUG: invoking IpcMemoryCreate(size=1081344)
> > FATAL: shmat(id=983040) failed: Invalid argument
> > DEBUG: proc_exit(1)
> > DEBUG: shmem_exit(1)
> > DEBUG: exit(1)
> >
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