From: Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
To: Andrew M <andrew@jibeya.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Failed system call was shmget(key=1, size=1155072, 03600).
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 16:09:47 +0200 (EET)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0412031608450.12295-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D5FFC45E-4509-11D9-8632-0003938366A4@jibeya.com>
O Andrew M Ýãñáøå óôéò Dec 3, 2004 :
> Hi,
> when building postgreSQL 8 I get the following error message:
>
> 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?
>
> regards
>
> Andrew
This has been addressed many times, and for many OS's
(*Linux, *BSD, etc...).
Check the archives.
>
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