Re: help? trouble setting Shared Memory parameters in OSX kernel

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: R Blake <blakers(at)mac(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, darwin-kernel(at)lists(dot)apple(dot)com
Subject: Re: help? trouble setting Shared Memory parameters in OSX kernel
Date: 2003-03-16 06:36:52
Message-ID: 18686.1047796612@sss.pgh.pa.us
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R Blake <blakers(at)mac(dot)com> writes:
> i've successfully built postgreSQL 7.3.2-STABLE on Mac OSX 10.2.4.

> much trouble launching it led me to the discussions

What kind of trouble? PG runs out-of-the-box for me on OS X (for the
last few releases of each, anyway). The OS X default shmmax is not
enough to let you raise shared_buffers beyond a few hundred, but I'm not
sure why you'd be unable to launch it at all.

regards, tom lane

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