Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8E3E63311E for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:42:56 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25224-01 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:42:54 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BD446327D9 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:42:53 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n1RIghTa021690; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:42:43 -0500 (EST) To: The Doctor cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Wanting to run Postgres 8.3.6 on BSD/OS 4.3.1 In-reply-to: <20090227173005.GC23556@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> References: <20090227173005.GC23556@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> Comments: In-reply-to The Doctor message dated "Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:30:05 -0700" Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:42:43 -0500 Message-ID: <21689.1235760163@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200902/261 X-Sequence-Number: 31482 The Doctor writes: > Right I have 8.1.X working properly. but > when I run make check I get > creating template1 database in /usr/source/postgresql-8.3.6/src/test/regress/./tmp_check/data/base/1 ... FATAL: could not create semaphores: No space left on device > DETAIL: Failed system call was semget(1, 17, 03600). > HINT: This error does *not* mean that you have run out of disk space. > It occurs when either the system limit for the maximum number of semaphore sets (SEMMNI), or the system wide maximum number of semaphores (SEMMNS), would be exceeded. You need to raise the respective kernel parameter. Alternatively, reduce PostgreSQL's consumption of semaphores by reducing its max_connections parameter (currently 13). > The PostgreSQL documentation contains more information about configuring your system for PostgreSQL. Apparently your kernel doesn't have enough semaphores to allow 8.1 and 8.3 to run concurrently. Follow the advice in the HINT. regards, tom lane