Hi! I can reproduce the problem on my notebook, where I don't have any hurry of working around the issue. The output of ipcs:
> # ipcs > > ------ Shared Memory Segments -------- > key shmid owner perms bytes nattch status > 0x4e545030 0 root 600 80 1 > > 0x4e545031 32769 root 600 80 1 > > 0x4e545032 65538 root 666 80 1 > > 0x4e545033 98307 root 666 80 1 > > 0x0056a4d5 54394884 willi 660 488 1 > > 0x0056a4d6 54427653 willi 660 65536 1 > > 0x00000000 491526 willi 600 393216 2 dest > > 0x00000000 458759 willi 600 393216 2 dest > > 0x00000000 53936136 willi 600 393216 2 dest > > 0x00000000 53968905 willi 600 393216 2 dest > > 0x00000000 54001674 willi 600 393216 2 dest > > 0x00000000 54034443 willi 600 393216 2 dest > > 0x00000000 54362127 willi 600 4129584 2 dest > > 0x47505344 52101137 root 666 6728 1 > > > ------ Semaphore Arrays -------- > key semid owner perms nsems > 0x0056a4d5 43810816 willi 660 1 > 0xcbc384f8 42598414 willi 600 1 > > ------ Message Queues -------- > key msqid owner perms used-bytes messages and shared mem sizes: > # grep -H shared_buffers /etc/postgresql/*/*/postgresql.conf > /etc/postgresql/9.0/main/postgresql.conf:shared_buffers = 28MB > # min 128kB > /etc/postgresql/9.1/main/postgresql.conf:shared_buffers = 28MB > # min 128kB > # sysctl -a 2> /dev/null | grep kernel.shm > kernel.shmmax = 33554432 > kernel.shmall = 2097152 > kernel.shmmni = 4096 > kernel.shm_rmid_forced = 0 Note that this is not the first time I'm upgrading postgres, so it's really possible that the 28MB are an artifact from some older version. (I'm quite sure I did not set this parameter by hand). I now worked around the problem by commenting out the shared_memory line, but it would be great of pg_upgradecluster would refuse to upgrade if the upgrade is going to end up with this error message and print a clear explanation what shared_buffer should be set to (or it should recommend to comment out the shared_buffer value if the default is sane) WM -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org