Re: [XP SP2/SP3] FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: [XP SP2/SP3] FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory
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Msg-id 48620190.6010001@hagander.net
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In response to Re: [XP SP2/SP3] FATAL: could not reattach to shared memory  (Łukasz Czerpak <lukasz.czerpak@softnet.com.pl>)
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Łukasz Czerpak wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>
>> 487 is "Invalid address".
>>
>> Do you have any antivirus or similar software on the machine? If so, try
>> uninstalling it and trying again (just disabling it is usually not
>> enough).
>>
>
> Yes - NOD32. Ok i will check it.

NOD32 is known to cause a lot of issues in general.


> Is it possible that PostgreSQL works improperly on WinXP + NOD32 and
> properly on Win2k + NOD32?

Yes.


> shared_buffers = 128MB

If you still have the problem after removing NOD32, try lowering this
one to say 32MB just to see if the problem goes away then.

//Magnus


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