Re: postgresql questions

On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Chan Fook Sheng wrote:

> Then I try
> 3)postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> and it runs, I wonder why it don't start automatically when I start the
> server, my /usr/local/pgsql/.profile file had defined the PGDATA as
> /usr/local/pgsql/data and I have the file /usr/local/etc/rc.d/pgsql.sh .

Make sure it's executable.

> 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?

You need to build a new kernel with lines

options SYSVSHM
options SYSVSEM
options SYSVMSG

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