Peter Elmers <p.elmers@xxxxxx> writes: > The problem is not solved, but we reduced it: it occures only if > apple remote desktop is running. So switching off ARD results in a > running postgresql system. > But this can only be a workaround. Does anybody know why the two > programs do not work together? Google says that ARD uses postgres, > too. But we are using another port and another user... Yeah, I believe ARD does have an embedded postgres instance. You might be running into Apple's ridiculously low system-wide SHMMAX setting; it's only big enough to let one postgres run at a time, unless you hobble performance by reducing shared_buffers etc well below default. See our manual for how to increase SHMMAX on OS X --- it's trickier than it ought to be :-( regards, tom lane
