Re: Problems with initdb - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Problems with initdb
Date
Msg-id 10897.1112687178@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Problems with initdb  (Kim Kohen <kim@webguide.com.au>)
List pgsql-novice
Kim Kohen <kim@webguide.com.au> writes:
> As I was sending the last email to you it struck me as strange that I could
> be running a binary copy but another would fail to initialise. Simple test -
> I shut down the other server and tried again - initdb ran fine and I now
> have the compiled version up and running.

Yeah ... the default shmem limits on OS X are too small to allow two
postmasters to run at once :-(.  See the PG admin guide for details
on how to increase the limits.

            regards, tom lane

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