From: Ross J. Reedstrom <reedstrm@rice.edu>
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: SV: [INTERFACES] couldn't start postmaster - couldn't allocate sharedmemory
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:45:05 -0600
Message-ID: <36D31351.49D8223B@rice.edu> (raw)
References: <199902231908.UAA12649@mb07.swip.net>
Tobias -
Any chance your out of semaphores? Try ipcs to see what's allocated,
then
the ipcclean script (in your lib/postgresql/bin dir) to clean them up.
Tobias Eriksson wrote:
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> > Från: James Thompson <jamest@math.ksu.edu>
> > Till: Tobias Eriksson <tobias.eriksson@mbox311.swipnet.se>
> > Ämne: Re: [INTERFACES] couldn't start postmaster - couldn't allocate
> sharedmemory
> > Datum: den 22 februari 1999 23:04
> >
> > On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Tobias Eriksson wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > the command
> > > "postmaster ", well then it responded back that it could not allocate
> > > shared memory,
> >
> > I'm just guessing. Are you low on physical memory or swap space?
> >
--
Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm@rice.edu>
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Rice University, 6100 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77005
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