On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Ted Gervais wrote:
> I am new to this list and ran into a problem when trying to install the
> latest postgresql, version 7.0.3.
> Here is what I see when I try and bring postgresql up:
>
> postgres@ve1drg:~$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432010, size=144,
> permission=700
> This type of error is usually caused by an improper
> shared memory or System V IPC semaphore configuration.
> For more information, see the FAQ and platform-specific
> FAQ's in the source directory pgsql/doc or on our
> web site at http://www.postgresql.org.
> IpcMemoryIdGet: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432010, size=144,
> permission=0
> IpcMemoryAttach: shmat failed (Invalid argument) id=-2
> FATAL 1: AttachSLockMemory: could not attach segment
> postgres@ve1drg:~$
>
>
>
> I had no problem installing things so I figured all was going well. I guess
> not.
>
> Does anyone know how I can get passed this problem.. and what is the fix??
What operating system?
