Re: [ADMIN] postmaster failure

what does an 'ipcs' show? did you reboot after editing /etc/system? if
you can't reboot, use the -B option to reduce the number of segments used
until you can reboot with the new /etc/system in place ...

On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Christopher R. Jones wrote:

> I installed postgres-6.5 on Solaris 7, Intel - Pentium Pro, 128 MByte Ram.
> I used gcc-2.95.1 and gnu make. The program compiled installed fine but
> postmaster failed:
>
> cr-jay.com% initdb
>
> We are initializing the database system with username postgres (uid=1003).
> This user will own all the files and must also own the server process.
>
> Creating Postgres database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data
>
> Creating Postgres database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base
>
> Creating template database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
>
> Creating global classes in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base
>
> Adding template1 database to pg_database...
>
> Vacuuming template1
> Creating public pg_user view
> Creating view pg_rules
> Creating view pg_views
> Creating view pg_tables
> Creating view pg_indexes
> Loading pg_description
>
> cr-jay.com% postmaster -i
> IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432001,
> size=1063936, permission=600
> FATAL 1: ShmemCreate: cannot create region
>
> So then, after reading in the faq, I edited the /etc/system file to add:
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=1048567
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=200
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=200
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=200
> set semsys:seminfo_semmap=250
> set semsys:seminfo_semmni=500
> set semsys:seminfo_semmns=500
> set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=500
> set semsys:seminfo_semmnu=500
> set semsys:seminfo_semume=100
>
> I now get:
> cr-jay.com% postmaster -i
> IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432010, size=120,
> permission=700
> IpcMemoryIdGet: shmget failed (No such file or directory) key=5432010,
> size=120, permission=0
> IpcMemoryAttach: shmat failed (Invalid argument) id=-2
> FATAL 1: AttachSLockMemory: could not attach segment
>
> I played with the segment max size to no avail.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> Christopher R. Jones, P.Eng.
> 14 Oneida Avenue
> Toronto, Ontario M5J 2E3
> Tel. 416 203-7465
> Fax. 416 203-3044
> Email cj(at)interlog(dot)com
>
>
>
> ************
>

Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
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