Re: shared memory settings on MAC OS X

From: Alexander Stanier <alexander(dot)stanier(at)egsgroup(dot)com>
To: Maximilian Tyrtania <mty(at)fischerappelt(dot)de>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: shared memory settings on MAC OS X
Date: 2007-10-29 10:40:34
Message-ID: 4725B8A2.8090805@egsgroup.com
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We edit the /etc/rc directly; comment out the line with the default
settings and add a new one just underneath it. The only time this can
cause a problem is that softwareupdate has been known to overwrite our
settings from time to time, but you just have to check after patching
and put it back in if goes. Probably not the right way to do it, but it
has always worked for us!<br>
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Maximilian Tyrtania wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi again,

Tom, I suspect you have Mac OS X Server installed, right? That's probably
why your /etc/sysctl.conf file mentions that /etc/sysctl-macosxserver.conf
file, while mine doesn't.

The critical part in my /etc/sysctl.conf file looks like this:

if [ -f /etc/sysctl.conf ]; then
awk '{ if (!index($1, "#") &amp;&amp; index($1, "=")) print $1 }' &lt;
/etc/sysctl.conf | while read
do
sysctl -w ${REPLY}
done
fi

sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmax=4194304 kern.sysv.shmmin=1 kern.sysv.shmmni=32
kern.sysv.shmseg=8 kern.sysv.shmall=1024

And frankly, to me it looks as if it means "if there is a /etc/sysctl.conf
file, then read it and accept its settings. Then overwrite the sysctl
settings with the default values, no matter what."

I know that my understanding is wrong though, because I tried changing the
settings on my local machine via the /etc/sysctl.conf file, and it worked.
But not on the machine that's supposed to be our pg server.

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<pre wrap="">As a debugging measure, see what happens if you change that last
sysctl line in /etc/rc.
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Okay, I will try that.

Thanks,

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