Re: Memory Errors OS X

From: Jeffrey Melloy <jmelloy(at)visualdistortion(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql general list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Memory Errors OS X
Date: 2004-12-22 22:28:07
Message-ID: 41C9F4F7.5090309@visualdistortion.org
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Tom Lane wrote:

>Jeffrey Melloy <jmelloy(at)visualdistortion(dot)org> writes:
>
>
>>I attempted to install 8.0 RC 2 alongside 7.4.5 on my OS X box, but
>>initdb failed with an error about not enough shared memory.
>>
>>
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>Don't forget that both shmmax and shmall may need attention ... and,
>just to confuse matters, they are measured in different units.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>
I didn't realize that they were different units. Setting shmmax to
268435456 and shmall to 65536 works fine.

Thanks,
Jeff

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