On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Kevin Lo wrote:
> % IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=543200
> 1, size=831176, permission=600
> FATAL 1: ShmemCreate: cannot create region
>
If I am not wrong shmem has to do with X shared memory extension from MIT.
Probably you try to run postgres not on the host you are logged on.
I've seen that postgres can be compiled with X support. Try to disable it.
Bye
P.S. : Probably I am completely wrong! :)
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