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[DOCS] Error when trying to start server

From
meirav.rath@imperva.com
Date:
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/server-start.html
Description:

I just installed version 9.6.1 on RHEL 6.5 x64. I used the installed from
your documentation page. 
I tried to start the database and got:

postgres -D /opt/PostgreSQL/9.6/data
FATAL:  unrecognized configuration parameter "dynamic_shared_memory_type"

Re: [DOCS] Error when trying to start server

From
Michael Paquier
Date:
On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 11:42 PM,  <meirav.rath@imperva.com> wrote:
> I just installed version 9.6.1 on RHEL 6.5 x64. I used the installed from
> your documentation page.
> I tried to start the database and got:
>
> postgres -D /opt/PostgreSQL/9.6/data
> FATAL:  unrecognized configuration parameter "dynamic_shared_memory_type"

Are you sure that this is a 9.6 binary? What does "which postgres" or
"postgres --version" tell you?
--
Michael