I have 2GB of RAM and dual CPUs...the machine is raunchy.
Chris.
>>> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> 11/05/00 04:02PM >>>
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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