Re: could not reattach to shared memory

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Sabin Coanda <s(dot)coanda(at)deuromedia(dot)ro> wrote:
> Sorry, for the unfinished text,
>
> So, I run a long transaction with a lot of data, and after a while I got the
> messages:
>
> NOTICE: max_fsm_relations(1000) equals the number of relations checked
> HINT: You have at least 1000 relations. Consider increasing the
> configuration parameter "max_fsm_relations".
> LOG: max_fsm_relations(1000) equals the number of relations checked
> HINT: You have at least 1000 relations. Consider increasing the
> configuration parameter "max_fsm_relations".
> STATEMENT: VACUUM
> FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory (key=324, addr=021A0000): 487
>
> And the process stops.
>
> Why ? What to do ?

need:
postgres version
o/s and o/s version
relevant memory settings in postgres, especially shared buffers
value of SHMMAX etc

merlin