pete@postpagan.com wrote:
i installed postgre from the freebsd port
everything installed fine
pgsql deamon is running
bash-2.02$ ps aux
pgsql 166 0.0 0.4 1244 1060 ?? Is 8:39PM 0:00.00
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -i -S -o -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data
(postgre
i set my path variables
so when i run:
bash-2.02$ psql template1
Connection to database 'template1' failed.
PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but backend closed the channel
before responding.
it dies
now when i run ps aux the postmaster deamon gone
help
pete
ocs design
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Pete, probably your FreeBSD kernel was built without semaphores. In
this case, postgresql will start up just fine until you make a request
to it. The request will try to spawn a backend and communicate with a
semaphore, but not finding semaphores available, it will then shut down.
You can determine if this is your problem by typing:
#> ipcs
This will give you a list of your interprocess communication
facilities. If you don't see semaphores listed -- you don't have
them. Apparently, the default in FreeBSD is to build without -- either
you or your sysadmin needs to rebuild the kernel.
You will then just have to replace the kernel -- I forget what it's
called in FreeBSD. You will NOT have to rebuild the postgresql.
Enjoy!
cat