Re: [ADMIN] postgresql questions

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Chan Fook Sheng <chen68(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: "freebsd-questions(at)FreeBSD(dot)ORG" <freebsd-questions(at)FreeBSD(dot)ORG>, pgsql-admin(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] postgresql questions
Date: 1998-06-02 11:56:33
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.3.96.980602075559.12843B-100000@hub.org
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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Chan Fook Sheng wrote:

> 4) when I run "psql template1 " or "createdb test" I get the following:
>
> connection to database 'template1' failed.
> PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but backend closed the channel
> before responding. This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
> before or while processing the request.
> freebsd /kernel : cmd postgres pid 782 tried to use non-present SYSVSEM
> freebsd /kernel : cmd postgres pid 782 tried to use non-present SYSVSEM
> freebsd /kernel : cmd postgres pid 755 tried to use non-present SYSVSEM
> freebsd /kernel : cmd postgres pid 755 tried to use non-present SYSVSEM
>
> createdb: database creation failed on test.
> [1] 755 Bad system call (core dumped) postmaster -D/usr/local/pgsql/data
>
> And the postgresql stops. Can anyone help me on this please?

The error message is pretty self-explanatory, no? You don't have
SYSVSEM compiled into your kernel...

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