Re: Postgresql on FreeBSD

On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Nelio Alves Pereira Filho wrote:

> Hi there.
>
> I came from linux and I'm not used to FreeBSD, so this might just be a
> bsd question at all.
>
> I installed the postgresql-7.0.2 port (make install), and then tried to
> run the daemon, but it wouldn't. Finally, I got this error message:

Hi.  What version of FBSD?  2.x.x had no support in the kernel for
SYSV type semaphores and shared memory...

You can do a kernel rebuild and add this stuff...painless...details
are in the pg docs or I can send you my log notes if this is indeed
the problem.

Cheers,
Tom

> Waiting for postmaster starting up..IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed
> (Permission denied) key=5432010, size=144, permission=700
> 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.
> IpcMemoryAttach: shmat failed (Permission denied) id=65536
> FATAL 1:  AttachSLockMemory: could not attach segment
> ..
>
> I checked the kernel, and it's compiled with SYSV IPC.
> Does anyone know what it is? Again, sorry if it's an out of topic
> question.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
> --
> Nelio Alves Pereira Filho
> IFX Networks
> Sao Paulo / Brazil
>


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