On Monday 30 March 2009 17:34:36 Martin Pitt wrote: > recently, I started to get quite a bunch of bug reports a la > "PostgreSQL fails to start due to too little shared memory" [1]. I > have never seen this before, neither in Debian, so I guess the > SHMMAX defaults changed somewhat in Linux 2.6.27. It seems that with > other components, such as X.org, using large amounts of shared memory > as well, startup sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.
I think this calls for a distribution-specific policy. E.g., why shouldn't X be forced to use a "more conservative setting"? How do we even know how much memory X will use today or tomorrow, or whether X is installed or will be installed? -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
