You need to increase SHMMAX. For solaris, it's in /etc/system file; Linux: /etc/sysctl.conf. You should know corresponding file for your system or check with your SA to figure out.
Anna Zhang -----Original Message----- From: Chris Ruprecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 2:10 PM To: PostGreSQL Admin Group Subject: [ADMIN] Increasing Shared Memory - on MacOS X Hi guys, does anybody know how I can increase the shared memory under MacOS X? I have tried but gotten an error message, telling me that it's too much. (PostgreSQL 7.2RC1). Best regards, Chris -- Chris Ruprecht Network grunt and bit pusher extraordinaíre _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])