Re: ERROR: invalid memory alloc request size 4294967293

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Bob Lunney <bob_lunney(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> Run ulimit -a and verify the max memory size allowed for the postgres account.(I assume you are running postmaster under the postgres account, right?)  The allowed size should be large enough for the postmaster plus shared buffers and several other GUCs that require memory.

Hello,

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$ whoami
postgres

$ ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority (-e) 20
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals (-i) 16382
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 64
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority (-r) 0
stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) unlimited
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks (-x) unlimited
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attentive.

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Victor Hugo dos Santos
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