Re: [GENERAL] IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument)
[ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > > > Perhaps someone should write a platform-specific FAQ for Linux that > > > answers this question, so that the link provided would actually be > useful. > > > > > http://www.ca.postgresql.org/devel-corner/docs/postgres/kernel-resources.h > tml#SYSVIPC > > Perhaps it should be put in the platform-specific FAQ's, since that's > where users are pointed when they get the error. > But we moved all the platform-specific kernel stuff to the administrator's manual. I will update the error message. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup.| Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
Re: [GENERAL] IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument)
Steve Wolfe writes: > Perhaps someone should write a platform-specific FAQ for Linux that > answers this question, so that the link provided would actually be useful. http://www.ca.postgresql.org/devel-corner/docs/postgres/kernel-resources.html#SYSVIPC -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
Re: [GENERAL] IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument)
> > Perhaps someone should write a platform-specific FAQ for Linux that > > answers this question, so that the link provided would actually be useful. > > http://www.ca.postgresql.org/devel-corner/docs/postgres/kernel-resources.h tml#SYSVIPC Perhaps it should be put in the platform-specific FAQ's, since that's where users are pointed when they get the error. steve ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
Re: [GENERAL] IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument)
> I get this error when trying to start postgres with a block size > the > default of 64... > > [postgres@roam pgsql]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -B 2000 -D > /usr/local/pgsql/data > IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432001, > size=33652736, 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. > FATAL 1: ShmemCreate: cannot create region Perhaps someone should write a platform-specific FAQ for Linux that answers this question, so that the link provided would actually be useful. If there are no other takers, I'll volunteer. steve ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
[GENERAL] IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument)
I get this error when trying to start postgres with a block size > the default of 64... [postgres@roam pgsql]$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -B 2000 -D /usr/local/pgsql/data IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432001, size=33652736, 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. FATAL 1: ShmemCreate: cannot create region I am running PG 7.03, and I assume that you'll want to need to know my OS... [postgres@roam pgsql]$ uname -a Linux roam 2.2.14-5.0 #1 Tue Mar 7 21:07:39 EST 2000 i686 unknown (RedHat 6.2) Thanks. - JT James Thornton, http://jamesthornton.com ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
