Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: Postmaster bombs with shared memory error

I see this all the time. try lowering the number of processes allowed
with the -N switch. 32 is default. example: -N 8 -B 16. See if it works
better. If it does, try to increase the memsize of shared memory. Check
the list archive; I think there's been a discussion around this for
Solaris.

/Palle


Unprivileged user wrote:
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>                         POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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> Your name               : Deon Ramsey
> Your email address      : miavir@furry.de
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> Category                : install: other
> Severity                : critical
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> Summary: Postmaster bombs with shared memory error
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> System Configuration
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>   Operating System   : Solaris 2.6 HW 5/98 Desktop
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>   PostgreSQL version : 6.5
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>   Compiler used      : egcs-1.1.1
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> Hardware:
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> Ooops, forgot to add this last time, so am repeating.
> I'm on a Sun Sparc Classic, uname -a gives:
> SunOS altair 5.6 Generic_105181-12 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCclassic
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> Versions of other tools:
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> gnmake3.77
> flex2.5.4
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> Problem Description:
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> postmaster -i reports:
> IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432001, size=1073152, permission=600
> FATAL 1:  ShmemCreate: cannot create region
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> It might be of interest to note that flex reported errors in building
> pl_parse.o , but the whole make came back with 'All of PostgreSQL is successfully made. Ready to install.'
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> Test Case:
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> Just compile the program and install as per instructions, then initdb and try postmaster -i
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> Solution:
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