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POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name : Deon Ramsey
Your email address : miavir@furry.de
Category : install: other
Severity : critical
Summary: Postmaster bombs with shared memory error
System Configuration
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Operating System : Solaris 2.6 HW 5/98 Desktop
PostgreSQL version : 6.5
Compiler used : egcs-1.1.1
Hardware:
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Versions of other tools:
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gnmake3.77
flex2.5.4
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Problem Description:
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postmaster -i reports:
IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432001, size=1073152, permission=600
FATAL 1: ShmemCreate: cannot create region
It might be of interest to note that flex reported errors in building
pl_parse.o , but the whole make came back with 'All of PostgreSQL is successfully made. Ready to install.'
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Test Case:
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Just compile the program and install as per instructions, then initdb and try postmaster -i
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Solution:
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