I get exactly the same error with nearly the same parameters: 2009-02-07 08:34:38 CET FATAL: could not create shared memory segment: Invalid argument 2009-02-07 08:34:38 CET DETAIL: Failed system call was shmget(key=5432001, size=39288832, 03600). 2009-02-07 08:34:38 CET HINT: This error usually means that PostgreSQL's [...]
But... I only get this at boot time, while postgres' automatic startup. If I do a '/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 start' later, it works without any error message! System: ubuntu-server 8.04.2 (x86_64), kernel 2.6.24-23-server PostgreSQL: 8.3.5-0ubuntu0.8.04 kernel.shmmax = 268435456 kernel.shmall = 2097152 kernel.shmmni = 4096 -- pgsql fails to start due to shared buffer setting greater than kernel allows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264336 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
