Yes, when I set the value to 1300 MB, everything goes fine. Any value higher than this value does not allow me to start the service. sima -----Original Message----- From: Richard Huxton [mailto:dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:40 PM To: Bebarta, Simanchala Cc: PG-General Mailing List; pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Error while starting postgreSQL service Don't forget to cc: the list, other people will probably know more than me. Bebarta, Simanchala wrote: > > Hi, > > My postgreSQL 8.2.4 is installed on Windows server 2003 Enterprise > Edition. OK. Thanks. 8.2.5 has been released, and you should consider upgrading soon. The Windows-related changes seem to be: # Windows socket and semaphore improvements (Magnus) # Make pg_ctl -w work properly in Windows service mode (Dave Page) # Fix memory allocation bug when using MIT Kerberos on Windows (Magnus) # Suppress timezone name (%Z) in log timestamps on Windows because of possible encoding mismatches (Tom) http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/release-8-2-5.html Could the Kerberos-related bug be affecting you? > Windows Server configuration: > RAM 4GB > HDD 50 GB > Processor: Pentium 4 CPU 3.20 GHz > > > When the shared_buffers = 2048 MB is set in the Postgresql.conf file, > while starting the service, I got the error > > Could not open process token "error code-5". Does the problem go away when you put shared_buffers back to a lower number? -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
