CS DBA <cs_dba(at)consistentstate(dot)com> writes:
> I set postgres to use 2GB for shared_buffers and I get this when I try
> to start:
> FATAL: shmat(id=4096103) failed: Cannot allocate memory
> The only real difference from Fedora 14 is that on Fedora 16 I'm using
> the PAE kernel
That's not really surprising in a 32-bit environment --- you've only got
4GB of address space, in fact I think only 3GB in Linux, and that space
is kind of fragmented. Install 64-bit or back down shared_buffers to
1GB or so.
regards, tom lane