Thread: 8.0.0-rc1 fails to start on WinXP

Hi,

I've installed 8.0.0-rc1 (I have to use this version) on a WinXP
(Hungarian) machine, and when the service starts I get following in
the log:

2005-01-21 10:32:34 FATAL:  could not attach to proper memory at fixed address: shmget(key=5432001, addr=00F80000)
failed:Invalid argument 
2005-01-21 10:32:35 FATAL:  could not attach to proper memory at fixed address: shmget(key=5432001, addr=00F80000)
failed:Invalid argument 
2005-01-21 10:32:35 LOG:  background writer process (PID 2732) exited with exit code 0
2005-01-21 10:32:35 LOG:  terminating any other active server processes
2005-01-21 10:32:35 LOG:  all server processes terminated; reinitializing

Someone mentioned that maybe service pack 2 can couse this but an
other XP+sp2 runs this version of postgresql well. Do you have any
experience with this?

Daniel

>Hi,
>
>I've installed 8.0.0-rc1 (I have to use this version) on a WinXP
>(Hungarian) machine, and when the service starts I get following in
>the log:
>
>2005-01-21 10:32:34 FATAL:  could not attach to proper memory
>at fixed address: shmget(key=5432001, addr=00F80000) failed:
>Invalid argument
>2005-01-21 10:32:35 FATAL:  could not attach to proper memory
>at fixed address: shmget(key=5432001, addr=00F80000) failed:
>Invalid argument
>2005-01-21 10:32:35 LOG:  background writer process (PID 2732)
>exited with exit code 0
>2005-01-21 10:32:35 LOG:  terminating any other active server processes
>2005-01-21 10:32:35 LOG:  all server processes terminated;
>reinitializing
>
>Someone mentioned that maybe service pack 2 can couse this but an
>other XP+sp2 runs this version of postgresql well. Do you have any
>experience with this?

You need to upgrade to the 8.0.0 release. I beleive this issue is fixed.

//Magnus