Re: Problems allocating more memory

Chris Fossenier writes:

> > 001105.14:42:28.236  [1124] IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid
> > argument) key=5432001, size=286224384, permission=600
> > 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.
> > 001105.14:42:28.237  [1124] FATAL 1:  ShmemCreate: cannot create region
>
> I have re-compiled my kernel and increased SHMMAX.  Are there some other memory settings I should be making?

Are you sure you have 273 MB of memory and want to dedicate all to shared
buffers?  I don't believe that will help a lot.

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