"Joe Brown" <joebrown@rclooke.com> writes:
> Uncommenting
> maintenace_work_mem = 16384
> caused the server immediately stop after start.
You apparently managed to change the spelling while uncommenting;
the actual line in the sample file is
#maintenance_work_mem = 16384 # min 1024, size in KB
^
> No errors reported, no logs generated.
The error is reported. For instance, when I try this I get
$ postmaster
FATAL: unrecognized configuration parameter "maintenace_work_mem"
$
regards, tom lane