Olaf,
Check out the following readme for assistance with this problem:
http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/postgresql/postgresql-7.4.1.README
You need to make sure that you are using the right version of cygipc, that
it is running, and that you have set the file permissions correctly.
Regards,
George
----- Original Message -----
From: "Olaf Meding" <OlafMeding@noSpam.compuserve.com>
To: <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 11:44 AM
Subject: [NOVICE] Get error during initdb
> Any suggestions as to why I can not initialize the database (see error
> below) are greatly appreciated.
>
> I am new to PostgreSQL. I am using W2K, Cygwin, and within Cygwin
> PostgreSQL 7.4.1-2.
>
> Olaf
>
>
> omeding@santorini ~
> $ initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
"omeding".
> This user must also own the server process.
>
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
>
> creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/global... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_clog... ok
> selecting default max_connections... 10
> selecting default shared_buffers... 50
> creating configuration files... ok
> creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1... FATAL:
could
> not create shared memory segment: Function not implemented
> DETAIL: Failed system call was shmget(key=1, size=1081344, 03600).
>
> initdb: failed
> initdb: removing data directory "/usr/local/pgsql/data"
>
> omeding@santorini ~
> $
>
>
>
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