This is a default setting in postgresql-8.x, and since the error message is very clear, this will not be fixed in the upstream code itself. We could give some more clever defaults in pg_createcluster (in postgresql- common), so I keep the -common task open and close the -8.3 task.
** Changed in: postgresql-8.3 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- 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