Re: initdb fails with invalid argument to shmat

Actually, I tried both. I first installed Cygwin and postgresql and various other packages from the Cygwin mirror at
ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.govand encountered the "shmat" problem. I then tried building the source myself, but I wasn't any
moresuccessful. Note that the Cygwin install from the mirror site was to a pristine environment - there wasn't an
existingCygwin installation on my PC prior to my original post to this group on Sunday. 

-----Original Message-----
From: mike g <mike@thegodshalls.com>
Sent: Jul 1, 2004 11:33 PM
To: Kevin Marth <kem1@peoplepc.com>
Cc: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] initdb fails with invalid argument to shmat

You are correct that services cannot be run under ME.

Did you build from source or install it as cygwin package?

I receive the same error when trying to run it under XP when building
from source.  Using the cygwin package it works fine.  I have not yet
had the time to continue to debug why I can't execute from the source
code.

On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 13:43, Kevin Marth wrote:
> I am working with Windows ME. I could be mistaken, but it doesn't seem possible to run as a service under ME. When I
tryto invoke cygrunsrv, I get a message basically saying that "this service is unavailable". If I am mistaken, then I
coulduse some further clarification about how to run as a service under ME. Thanks. 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mike g <mike@thegodshalls.com>
> Sent: Jun 30, 2004 10:54 PM
> To: Kevin Marth <kem1@peoplepc.com>
> Cc: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [CYGWIN] initdb fails with invalid argument to shmat
>
> What version of windows is this on and are you trying to run it as a
> service?
>
>
> On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 00:13, Kevin Marth wrote:
> > I am using Cygwin 1.5.10-3 and postgresql 7.4.3-1 freshly downloaded and installed from scratch earlier today.
> >
> > I have set CYGWIN=server and started cygserver (from the default account).
> >
> > I receive the following when I execute "initdb -D /home/default/data --debug". Can someone set me straight? I don't
seethis particular problem in the archives. Thanks. 
> >
> > ================
> >
> > Running in debug mode.
> >
> > initdb: internal variables:
> >   PGDATA=/home/default/data
> >   datadir=/usr/share/postgresql
> >   PGPATH=/usr/bin
> >   ENCODING=
> >   ENCODINGID=0
> >   POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=default
> >   POSTGRES_BKI=/usr/share/postgresql/postgres.bki
> >   POSTGRES_DESCR=/usr/share/postgresql/postgres.description
> >   POSTGRESQL_CONF_SAMPLE=/usr/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf.sample
> >   PG_HBA_SAMPLE=/usr/share/postgresql/pg_hba.conf.sample
> >   PG_IDENT_SAMPLE=/usr/share/postgresql/pg_ident.conf.sample
> > The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "default".
> > This user must also own the server process.
> >
> > The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
> >
> > creating directory /home/default/data... ok
> > creating directory /home/default/data/base... ok
> > creating directory /home/default/data/global... ok
> > creating directory /home/default/data/pg_xlog... ok
> > creating directory /home/default/data/pg_clog... ok
> > selecting default max_connections... 10
> > selecting default shared_buffers... 50
> > creating configuration files... ok
> > creating template1 database in /home/default/data/base/1... DEBUG:  invoking IpcMemoryCreate(size=1081344)
> > FATAL:  shmat(id=983040) failed: Invalid argument
> > DEBUG:  proc_exit(1)
> > DEBUG:  shmem_exit(1)
> > DEBUG:  exit(1)
> >
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