From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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To: | Adam Haberlach <adam(at)newsnipple(dot)com> |
Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: 7.1 on Solaris 8 run failure? |
Date: | 2001-04-15 00:46:43 |
Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.4.33.0104142145510.72136-100000@mobile.hub.org |
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'stock solaris' has a very low shared memory 'threshold' ... try doing
something like starting postmaster with:
-B 32 -N 16
or raising the shared memory settings in /etc/systems and reboot ..
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Adam Haberlach wrote:
> I've been holding off installing 7.1 on my Solaris machine, since
> it is at home and I didn't want to download it more then once, but
> now that it is released, I've tried, and...
>
> I built straight out of the box, using configure, the initdb seemed
> to work, and now I get:
>
> IpcMemoryCreate: shmget(key=5432001, size=1245184, 03600) failed: Invalid argument
>
> This error can be caused by one of three things:
>
> 1. The maximum size for shared memory segments on your system was
> exceeded. You need to raise the SHMMAX parameter in your kernel
> to be at least 1245184 bytes.
>
> 2. The requested shared memory segment was too small for your system.
> You need to lower the SHMMIN parameter in your kernel.
>
> 3. The requested shared memory segment already exists but is of the
> wrong size. This is most likely the case if an old version of
> PostgreSQL crashed and didn't clean up. The `ipcclean' utility
> can be used to remedy this.
>
> ---
>
> This is on the mostly-stock Solaris that came on my Netra X1 server.
>
> # uname -a
> SunOS snatch 5.8 Generic_108528-06 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-i2
>
> ...anyone have any ideas?
>
> --
> Adam Haberlach |
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