Re: shmget fails on OS X with proper settings

No .pid files found in the data directory.
The ipcs output doesn't list anything owned by the postgres user, or by root.

Thanks,
Chris

On 5/7/07, Prashant Ranjalkar <prashant(dot)ranjalkar(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please check any .pid file exist in your data directory. If it exists then
> postmaster is running and memory is not freed up.
> Also check
> ipcs -mp
>
> it will give any shared memory allocated segments if any and consuming the
> memory.
>
> regards
> Prashant Ranjalkar
>
>
> On 5/7/07, Christopher S Martin <martin(dot)christopher(dot)s(at)gmail(dot)com > wrote:
> > sysctl -a reveals the following:
> > kern.sysv.shmmax: 12582912
> > kern.sysv.shmmin : 1
> > kern.sysv.shmmni: 32
> > kern.sysv.shmseg: 8
> > kern.sysv.shmall: 1024
> > kern.sysv.semmni: 87381
> > kern.sysv.semmns: 87381
> > kern.sysv.semmnu: 87381
> > kern.sysv.semmsl: 87381
> > kern.sysv.semume: 10
> >
> > I am using the sysctl.conf file in /etc to set these values at boot
> > time, but in that file I only have the following entries:
> >
> > kern.sysv.shmmax=12582912
> > kern.sysv.shmmin=1
> > kern.sysv.shmmni=32
> > kern.sysv.shmseg=8
> > kern.sysv.shmall=1024
> >
> > When booting up in unix mode to view the output from all the startup
> > processes, I do notice that it looks like the sysctl values are read
> > and set twice, not sure if this would affect anything.
> >
> > I checked the process listing for any other postmaster processes that
> > could have been left running, but nothing it showing up. I'm using a
> > LaunchAgent to start postmaster, so it shouldn't be starting on its
> > own anyway.
> >
> > On 5/7/07, Prashant Ranjalkar < prashant(dot)ranjalkar(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > The previously running postmaster process might not closed properly and
> > > released the kernel's memory.
> > > Check for any process running on the server if it exists then kill the
> > > process.here due to unrelease of kernel's memory and while booting the
> > > process is not releasing shared memory hence leading to problems.
> > >
> > > regards
> > > Prashant Ranjalkar
> > > EnterpriseDB
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/7/07, Christopher S Martin < martin(dot)christopher(dot)s(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Martin:
> > > >
> > > > They didn't take any memory out of the machine. AS for memory cache
> > > > parameters, I'm don't know about that. How would I go checking for
> > > > that type of thing?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > On 5/6/07, Martin Gainty <mgainty(at)hotmail(dot)com > wrote:
> > > > > if you're getting memory errors then a guess would be did they take
> out
> > > any
> > > > > memory out of your machine or perhaps did they change your memory
> cache
> > > > > parameters???
> > > > > Martin
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> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Christopher S Martin" < martin(dot)christopher(dot)s(at)gmail(dot)com >
> > > > > To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 3:07 PM
> > > > > Subject: [GENERAL] shmget fails on OS X with proper settings
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi to the list, its my first post.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was previous running postgres 8.2.1 on my OS X 10.4.9 laptop
> with no
> > > > > > problems.
> > > > > > After I sent it to apple care, I found that I can no longer start
> the
> > > > > > postmaster daemon. When I try, I receive the standard shmget
> failed
> > > > > > error message:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > FATAL: could not create shared memory segment: Cannot allocate
> memory
> > > > > > DETAIL: Failed system call was shmget(key=5432001, size=4112384,
> > > 03600).
> > > > > > HINT: This error usually means that PostgreSQL's request for a
> shared
> > > > > > memory segment exceeded available memory or swap space. To reduce
> the
> > > > > > request size (currently 4112384 bytes), reduce PostgreSQL's
> > > > > > shared_buffers parameter (currently 300) and/or its
> max_connections
> > > > > > parameter (currently 30).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I get this error with either the settings recommended on the
> kernel
> > > > > > resources page:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > kern.sysv.shmmax=4194304
> > > > > > kern.sysv.shmmin=1
> > > > > > kern.sysv.shmmni=32
> > > > > > kern.sysv.shmseg=8
> > > > > > kern.sysv.shmall=1024
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And I also get it when i set kern.sysv.shmmax=12582912
> > > > > >
> > > > > > After making all these changed rebooting doesn't fix anything.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Has anyone ran into this problem, or has any idea as to why this
> would
> > > > > > start to fail so suddenly?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Chris
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