Re: [GENERAL] Solaris 7 x86 error

From: myers <myers(at)iname(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Solaris 7 x86 error
Date: 1999-09-28 17:34:34
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.10.9909281029060.490-100000@veetwin.myers.lan
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> See Solaris FAQ on web site. That is newer.

Oops. Okay. Here's a lesson in getting too fancy. With the following
settings in /etc/system, Postgres does not work:

set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=50000000
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=200
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=200
set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=200
set semsys:seminfo_semmap=250
set semsys:seminfo_semmni=500
set semsys:seminfo_semmns=500
set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=500
set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=500
set semsys:seminfo_semume=100

Pare this down to the minimum, and Postgres *does* work:

set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=50000000

Why, I don't know, especially since those extra shared memory directives
appear to exceed Postgres' requirements. But for the record, keep
/etc/system simple.

Thanks to Bruce for pointing me in the right direction.

-David.

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