Re: postgresql back-end would not start on FreeBSD v 2.2.7

sugarh@ttc.com wrote:

> When I tried to start the back-end, I got the followinf message on my
> console:
>
> "cmd postgres pid 195 tried to use non-present SYSVSEM"
>
> The following message was in the log file:
>
> "195 Bad system call (core dumped) nohup postmaster -i >pgserver.log 2>&1"
>
> I am installing version 6.5.1, clean as I downloaded it from your site.
> My OS is FreeBSD Version 2.2.7
> My hardware is an i486 based system with 48K of RAM.

 Put this in your kernel config:

options         SYSVSHM
options         SYSVSEM
options         SYSVMSG

 Recompile the kernel, cp it into /kernel and reboot.

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