jerry wrote: > I shortened the error msg to fit it into the subject box. > > I just completed a fresh install (not upgrade) of MDK 9.2 onto a 1.0 GHz > Athlon with 512 MB of RAM. The PostgreSQL 7.3.4 RPMs were installed when > I did the MDK 9.2 install, which also created the postgres account. > > The 'short version' for installation worked perfectly up to the following > step: > > initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data > > which I have used for several years, failed on me for the first time, > giving the error msg shown in the Subject box. > > I am not going to recompile MDK's kernel to raise the maximum number of > semaphores (SEMMNS), and the 'max_connections' parameter is currently at 1 > and can't go lower, unless it is indexed starting at zero. > > I was unable to post this to the Mandrake Bugzilla page because it is > down. > > What is the possiblity that I would encounter this error if I were to > remove the 7.3.4 RPMs and install the 7.4 tar files manually? > > TIA! > -- > GreyGeek
I'll answer my own question: NO! gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/home/jerry/postgresql-7.4/contrib/spi' /bin/sh ./pg_regress --temp-install --top-builddir=../../.. --schedule=./parallel_schedule --multibyte=SQL_ASCII ============== creating temporary installation ============== ============== initializing database system ============== pg_regress: initdb failed Examine ./log/initdb.log for the reason. The initdb.log gave the exact same reason for failure, except for: "reduce PostgreSQL's consumption of semaphores by reducing its max_connections parameter (currently 10)." I know from the error msg in the RPM installation that even with a 'max_connections" = 1 the failure occurres. It seems that the standard MDK 9.2 kernel (2.4.22-10mdk) is not compatible with PostgreSQL 7.3.4 or 7.4. ??? -- GreyGeek ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])