I assume it's doing it correctly deb:/home/glyn# cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax 33554432 That's right isn't it? 4096*8192= 33554432 ----- Original Message ---- > From: Richard Huxton <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Glyn Astill <glynastill@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, 18 July, 2008 11:48:39 AM > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Initdb problem on debian mips cobalt: Bus error > > Glyn Astill wrote: > > Hi Chaps, > > > > I'm attempting to run 8.3.3 on an old cobalt qube, with debian etch. > > It appeared to compile ok (however I didn't stick around to watch, > > that'd be painfull) and said "PostgreSQL compiled successfully and > > ready to install" or whatever, but when I run make check, fails in > > initdb. > > > > Here is the message and the initdb log file contents showing "bus > > error" > > > > http://privatepaste.com/47jTTGw5XC > > Looks like a problem trying to determine how much shared memory it can > allocate. > > selecting default shared_buffers/max_fsm_pages ... sh: line 1: 22630 Bus > error (core dumped) > "/usr/pgsql_src/postgresql-8.3.3/src/test/regress/tmp_check/install/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres" > > --boot -x0 -F -c max_connections=10 -c shared_buffers=4096 -c > max_fsm_pages=204800 <"/dev/null" >"/dev/null" 2>&1 > > Can you support 4096 shared-buffers on this? Afraid I don't know > anything about shared-mem handling on mips, but it might be that the > max-shared-memory detection got something wrong. > > -- > Richard Huxton > Archonet Ltd __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html
