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To: Brian Wipf <brian@clickspace.com>
cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org, Guido Neitzer <lists@event-s.net>,
	Brendan Duddridge <brendan@clickspace.com>, "Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net>
Subject: Re: shared_buffers > 284263 on OS X 
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Comments: In-reply-to Brian Wipf <brian@clickspace.com>
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Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:10:36 -0500
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Brian Wipf <brian@clickspace.com> writes:
> shared_buffers can now be set as high as shmmax without getting the  
> error message "could not create shared memory segment...". Now,  
> however, when shared_buffers are set greater than 279212 a  
> segmentation fault occurs on startup of PostgreSQL.

Stack trace please?

			regards, tom lane