Re: problems installing postgre - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: problems installing postgre
Date
Msg-id 11813.1049394963@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to problems installing postgre  (Johannes Heinz <j.heinz@sz-sb.de>)
List pgsql-general
Johannes Heinz <j.heinz@sz-sb.de> writes:
> I'm installing Verity K2 Dashboard (with postgre integrated) and get
> error messages during the postgre installation part:
> IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432010, size=144,
> permission=700

It looks to me like you must not have SysV shared memory support enabled
at all.  I have no idea where to turn that on in Solaris ... there is
some info in the PG Admin Guide, which may or may not help:
http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.3/postgres/kernel-resources.html#SYSVIPC

Also, I'd suggest pestering Verity to adopt a more modern release of
Postgres.  You appear to be running 7.0 or something even older.

            regards, tom lane


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