Re: Problems allocating more memory

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Chris Fossenier <Chris(at)pcguru(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Problems allocating more memory
Date: 2000-11-05 21:02:00
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0011052200100.780-100000@peter.localdomain
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Chris Fossenier writes:

> > 001105.14:42:28.236 [1124] IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid
> > argument) key=5432001, size=286224384, permission=600
> > This type of error is usually caused by an improper
> > shared memory or System V IPC semaphore configuration.
> > For more information, see the FAQ and platform-specific
> > FAQ's in the source directory pgsql/doc or on our
> > web site at http://www.postgresql.org.
> > 001105.14:42:28.237 [1124] FATAL 1: ShmemCreate: cannot create region
>
> I have re-compiled my kernel and increased SHMMAX. Are there some other memory settings I should be making?

Are you sure you have 273 MB of memory and want to dedicate all to shared
buffers? I don't believe that will help a lot.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/

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