On 1/20/08, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Marti Raudsepp wrote: >>> However, as of PostgreSQL 8.3, postmaster requires that the number of >>> buffers is at least (max_connections*2 + 6)
> It's sort of irrelevant IMHO, as any useful setting is orders of > magnitude larger than that anyway. Gentoo defaults to launching PostgreSQL 8.2 with "-N 40 -B 80" which is how I hit this problem; this was set in a distro-specific configuration file which I previously hadn't even looked at. Does this mean that these defaults are insane and I should complain loudly? Regards, Marti Raudsepp ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq