Re: cannot initdb

Hi Joseph,
Did you ever get any resolution to this problem? I am facing it now and need some
direction.
Thanks
--- Joe ---

Joseph Koenig wrote:

> Anyone have any ideas yet? I'm still getting nothing from anyone on this
> list or the FreeBSD lists - I'm not complaining that I'm not getting
> anything, since all help is out of goodwill - just stating I still have
> nothing on this. If anyone has successfully installed PostgreSQL in a
> jail on FreeBSD, I'd appreciate the insight. Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
> Joseph Koenig wrote:
> >
> > I'm losing my mind on this - I have set jail.sysvipc_allowed=1 in my
> > /etc/sysctl.conf file as is needed for jails to use the shared memory,
> > however, they aren't. I know it is turned on on the main system itself:
> >
> > ipcs -s
> > Semaphores:
> > T ID KEY MODE OWNER GROUP
> >
> > Someone please tell me they have experience with PostgreSQL inside a
> > FreeBSD jail. I desperately need to get PostgreSQL up and running and
> > this is the one roadblock. Someone please help. This is what I get in
> > the jail:
> >
> > %ipcs -s
> > ipcs: short read
> > SVID semaphores facility not configured in the system
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > Doug McNaught wrote:
> > >
> > > Joseph Koenig <joe(at)jwebmedia(dot)com> writes:
> > >
> > > > I don't see a SYSV IPC anywhere in the LINT file or the GENERIC. I
> > > > looked at:
> > > >
> > > > http://www3.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.1/admin/kernel-resources.html
> > > >
> > > > and recompiled my kernel accordingly. This is in a jail, does that
> > > > affect things? I rebuild the kernel for the jail and restarted the jail
> > > > - received the same error. Any ideas? Should I try installing from the
> > > > source, or are the ports the best way to go? BTW, this machine has 1GB
> > > > of RAM and is a 1GHz processor if that helps at all. Thanks,
> > >
> > > I wish I knew enought about FreeBSD to help you--I'm more of a Linux
> > > guy. It certainly sounds like it might have something to do with the
> > > jail, but I don't know any details of how that system works.
> > >
> > > Perhaps one of the FreeBSD lists might be of help...
> > >
> > > -Doug
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