Doesn't the newest version of Postgres use IPC Daemon 2? Try using the new ipc-daemon2.exe. I think I had a similar problem myself when upgrading to 7.4
Brandon --- Manuel Tejada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was working with PostgreSQL 7.3.4 easily. > Yesterday I decided to made an upgrade to PostgreSQL > 7.4.2. > After upgrading from internet with the setup.exe I > followed the normal > procedure to inicializate the postgre. Observe that > The initdb failed. > > ---------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ ipc-daemon & > [1] 935405 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > $ initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data > The files belonging to this database system will be > owned by user "admin". > This user must also own the server process. > > The database cluster will be initialized with locale > C. > > creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data... ok > creating directory > /usr/share/postgresql/data/base... ok > creating directory > /usr/share/postgresql/data/global... ok > creating directory > /usr/share/postgresql/data/pg_xlog... ok > creating directory > /usr/share/postgresql/data/pg_clog... ok > selecting default max_connections... 10 > selecting default shared_buffers... 50 > creating configuration files... ok > creating template1 database in > /usr/share/postgresql/data/base/1... FATAL: > could not create shared memory segment: Function not > implemented > DETAIL: Failed system call was shmget(key=1, > size=1081344, 03600). > > initdb: failed > initdb: removing data directory > "/usr/share/postgresql/data" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > > > -------------------- > > My questions are: > a) Why I get the FATAL error if I have started the > ipc daemon before the > initdb? > b) How to fix this? > > Note.- This is no the first upgrade I made. The > upgrading from version 7.2 > to 7.3 was without problem. > > I'll appreciate any answer > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: > http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: > http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
