I just updated to 10.3.9 and of course the /etc/rc was dinged. I opened the /etc/rc and found a change..
# System tuning sysctl -w kern.maxvnodes=$(echo $(sysctl -n hw.physmem) '33554432 / 512 * 1024 +p'|dc) if [ -f /etc/sysctl-macosxserver.conf ]; then awk '{ if (!index($1, "#") && index($1, "=")) print $1 }' < /etc/sysctl-macosxserver.conf | while read do sysctl -w ${REPLY} done fi if [ -f /etc/sysctl.conf ]; then awk '{ if (!index($1, "#") && index($1, "=")) print $1 }' < /etc/sysctl.conf | while read do sysctl -w ${REPLY} done fi sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmax=4194304 sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmin=1 sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmni=32 sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmseg=8 sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmall=1024 It appears that apple is checking for etc/sysctl.conf before setting the sysctl values. so I created a etc/sysctl.conf with this inside: kern.sysv.shmmax=33554432 kern.sysv.shmmin=1 kern.sysv.shmmni=32 kern.sysv.shmseg=8 kern.sysv.shmall=65536 I did not alter /etc/rc. postgresql starts up just fine. I hope this implys that the issue is resolved.. Ted __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]