On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Yvon Thoraval <yvon.thoraval@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've just installed PostgreSQL, using brew, on Mac OS Mountain Lion. > The server doesn't start and the log file shows : > > $ cat /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log > FATAL: could not create shared memory segment: Cannot allocate memory > DETAIL: Failed system call was shmget(key=5432002, size=3809280, 03600). > HINT: This error usually means that PostgreSQL's request for a shared > memory segment exceeded available memory or swap space, or exceeded your > kernel's SHMALL parameter. You can either reduce the request size or > reconfigure the kernel with larger SHMALL. To reduce the request size > (currently 3809280 bytes), reduce PostgreSQL's shared memory usage, perhaps > by reducing shared_buffers or max_connections. > The PostgreSQL documentation contains more information about shared memory > configuration. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/kernel-resources.html -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
