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From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Failed system call was shmget(key=1, size=1155072, 03600).
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:19:38 -0500
Message-ID: <20041203171938.GB8674@phlogiston.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D5FFC45E-4509-11D9-8632-0003938366A4@jibeya.com>
References: <D5FFC45E-4509-11D9-8632-0003938366A4@jibeya.com>

On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 09:00:53AM +0000, Andrew M wrote:
> DETAIL:  Failed system call was shmget(key=1, size=1155072, 03600).
> HINT:  This error usually means that PostgreSQL's request for a shared 
> memory segment exceeded available memory or swap space. To reduce the 
> request size (currently 1155072 bytes), reduce PostgreSQL's 
> shared_buffers parameter (currently 50) and/or its max_connections 
> parameter (currently 10)
> 
> What is the best way to resolve this? max_connections = 10? Does that 
> figure auto increase as more users request data?

What are you trying to run this on?  It might be that you need to
alter your kernel settings.

A

-- 
Andrew Sullivan  | ajs@crankycanuck.ca
In the future this spectacle of the middle classes shocking the avant-
garde will probably become the textbook definition of Postmodernism. 
                --Brad Holland



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