-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thank you Scott! As always your advice is right to the point ;-) That solved it. Best regards, Pedro Doria Meunier GSM: +351 96 17 20 188 Skype: pdoriam Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Pedro Doria > Meunier<pdoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm wondering what are the correct values in postgresql.conf for >> max_connections = 500 ... >> >> The values I had in 8.2.13 conf file worked without a problem but >> with the new 8.3.7 postmaster simply refuses to start. >> >> Any pointers would be highly appreciated ;-) > > You likely need to increase max shared mem. With linux that's easy > to do with > > sysctl -a|grep shm > > to get a list, and then copy and paste with changes to > /etc/sysctl.conf. Look them up on the google, or in our docs, some > good examples both places. > > Note that anytime the postmaster doesn't startup it tries to log it > somewhere. Look for postmaster logs and such. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKRR2E2FH5GXCfxAsRAlisAJ940HUpld/VCn8acq773jNQq6WXoACfV1EK lUC1q1tYr0U3g3FT7bii1ZE= =BYKl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general