Re: Fresh build on OS X not working (memory) - Mailing list pgsql-admin

I wrote:
> ... OTOH I'd have expected you to have to reboot multiple
> times while experimenting with the shm parameters, so I'm not entirely
> convinced I've hit on the right explanation.

Oh ... were you using sysctl -w rather than rebooting to adjust the
shmmem parameters?  I realized after experimenting that 10.6 lets you
do that.  It didn't use to be possible to change these parameters in
OS X without rebooting --- I wonder when they fixed that.

            regards, tom lane