Hi,
I am having trouble installing postgresql on a centos 5.4 server with linux 2.6.18-164.el5 as kernel ( vmware node ) using yum. It seems it is unable to create the configuration files while running initdb. I checked pgstartup.log and found following error : creating conversions ... FATAL: could not load library "/usr/pgsql-9.0/lib/utf8_and_johab.so": /usr/pgsql-9.0/lib/utf8_and_johab.so: failed to map segment from shared object: Cannot allocate memory Server has 4GB ram, so this is not an issue of low memory and this server is not so busy server. The above error is showing for version for each of the following postgresql repos : pgdg-centos-9.0-2.noarch pgdg-centos-8.4-2.noarch pgdg-centos-8.3-7.noarch The default CentOS base repo which installs postgresql-8.1.x on using yum works fine and starts the postgresql service without any problem. *Server INFO* *=========================================* r...@server1 [/etc/yum.repos.d]# cd r...@server1 [~]# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5.4 (Final) r...@server1 [~]# uname -a Linux vds02.100percentuptimenetwork.com 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:28:30 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux r...@server1 [~]# *Here is the exact steps showing the error:* *========================================================================* r...@vserver1 [/opt]# cd /var/lib/rpm r...@vserver1 [/opt]# rm -f __db* r...@vserver1 [/opt]# rpm --rebuilddb -vv ( truncated ) r...@vserver1 [/var/lib/rpm]# updatedb r...@vserver1 [/opt]# wget http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/reporpms/9.0/pgdg-centos-9.0-2.noarch.rpm r...@vserver1 [/opt]# rpm -Uvh pgdg-centos-9.0-2.noarch.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:pgdg-centos ########################################### [100%] r...@vserver1 [/opt]# rpm -qa | grep postgre* r...@vserver1 [/opt]# r...@vserver1 [/opt]# yum install postgresql postgresql-server Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * addons: mirror.highspeedweb.net * base: hpc.arc.georgetown.edu * extras: mirror.umoss.org * updates: mirror.rackspace.com Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package postgresql.x86_64 0:9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: postgresql-libs = 9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5 for package: postgresql --> Processing Dependency: libpq.so.5()(64bit) for package: postgresql ---> Package postgresql-server.x86_64 0:9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5 set to be updated --> Running transaction check ---> Package postgresql-libs.x86_64 0:9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================== Installing: postgresql x86_64 9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5 pgdg90 1.3 M postgresql-server x86_64 9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5 pgdg90 4.5 M Installing for dependencies: postgresql-libs x86_64 9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5 pgdg90 199 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================== Install 3 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 6.0 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/3): postgresql-libs-9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64.rpm | 199 kB 00:00 (2/3): postgresql-9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64.rpm | 1.3 MB 00:01 (3/3): postgresql-server-9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64.rpm | 4.5 MB 00:04 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 866 kB/s | 6.0 MB 00:07 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : postgresql-libs 1/3 Installing : postgresql 2/3 Installing : postgresql-server 3/3 Installed: postgresql.x86_64 0:9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5 postgresql-server.x86_64 0:9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5 Dependency Installed: postgresql-libs.x86_64 0:9.0-alpha4_1PGDG.rhel5 Complete! r...@vserver1 [/opt]# r...@vserver1 [/opt]# /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.0 initdb Initializing database: [FAILED] r...@vserver1 [/opt]# cd /var/lib/pgsql/ r...@vserver1 [/var/lib/pgsql]# ll total 20 drwx------ 3 postgres postgres 4096 Apr 21 20:49 ./ drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Apr 21 20:49 ../ drwx------ 4 postgres postgres 4096 Apr 21 20:51 9.0/ -rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 85 Mar 5 04:57 .bash_profile r...@vserver1 [/var/lib/pgsql]# cd 9.0/ r...@vserver1 [/var/lib/pgsql/9.0]# ll total 20 drwx------ 4 postgres postgres 4096 Apr 21 20:51 ./ drwx------ 3 postgres postgres 4096 Apr 21 20:49 ../ drwx------ 2 postgres postgres 4096 Mar 5 04:57 backups/ drwx------ 3 postgres postgres 4096 Apr 21 20:51 data/ -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 1232 Apr 21 20:51 pgstartup.log r...@vserver1 [/var/lib/pgsql/9.0]# tail pgstartup.log creating template1 database in /var/lib/pgsql/9.0/data/base/1 ... ok initializing pg_authid ... ok initializing dependencies ... ok creating system views ... ok loading system objects' descriptions ... ok creating conversions ... FATAL: could not load library "/usr/pgsql-9.0/lib/utf8_and_johab.so": /usr/pgsql-9.0/lib/utf8_and_johab.so: failed to map segment from shared object: Cannot allocate memory STATEMENT: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION johab_to_utf8 (INTEGER, INTEGER, CSTRING, INTERNAL, INTEGER) RETURNS VOID AS '$libdir/utf8_and_johab', 'johab_to_utf8' LANGUAGE C STRICT; child process exited with exit code 1 initdb: removing contents of data directory "/var/lib/pgsql/9.0/data" r...@vserver1 [/var/lib/pgsql/9.0]# ls /usr/pgsql-9.0/lib/utf8_and_johab.so /usr/pgsql-9.0/lib/utf8_and_johab.so* r...@vserver1 [/var/lib/pgsql/9.0]# *Here is the logs showing successful installation of postgresql--8.1.x using yum on the same server* * ============================================================================== * Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * addons: mirror.highspeedweb.net * base: hpc.arc.georgetown.edu * extras: mirror.umoss.org * updates: mirror.rackspace.com Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Setting up Install Process No package rh-postgresql available. No package rh-postgresql-devel available. No package rh-postgresql-libs available. No package rh-postgresql-server available. Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package postgresql.x86_64 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 set to be updated ---> Package postgresql-devel.i386 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 set to be updated ---> Package postgresql-devel.x86_64 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 set to be updated ---> Package postgresql-libs.i386 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 set to be updated ---> Package postgresql-libs.x86_64 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 set to be updated ---> Package postgresql-server.x86_64 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================== Installing: postgresql x86_64 8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 updates 2.9 M postgresql-devel i386 8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 updates 1.2 M postgresql-devel x86_64 8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 updates 1.2 M postgresql-libs i386 8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 updates 196 k postgresql-libs x86_64 8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 updates 196 k postgresql-server x86_64 8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 updates 3.9 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================== Install 6 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 9.5 M Downloading Packages: (1/6): postgresql-libs-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm | 196 kB 00:00 (2/6): postgresql-libs-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1.i386.rpm | 196 kB 00:00 (3/6): postgresql-devel-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1.i386.rpm | 1.2 MB 00:00 (4/6): postgresql-devel-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm | 1.2 MB 00:00 (5/6): postgresql-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm | 2.9 MB 00:00 (6/6): postgresql-server-8.1.18-2.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm | 3.9 MB 00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6.8 MB/s | 9.5 MB 00:01 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : postgresql-libs 1/6 Installing : postgresql 2/6 Installing : postgresql-libs 3/6 Installing : postgresql-devel 4/6 Installing : postgresql-server 5/6 Installing : postgresql-devel 6/6 Installed: postgresql.x86_64 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 postgresql-devel.i386 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 postgresql-devel.x86_64 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 postgresql-libs.i386 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 postgresql-libs.x86_64 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 postgresql-server.x86_64 0:8.1.18-2.el5_4.1 Complete! Stopping postgresql service: [FAILED] postmaster: no process killed postmaster: no process killed Initializing database: [ OK ] Starting postgresql service: [ OK ] You should now configure PostgreSQL from WHM! r...@server1 [/etc/yum.repos.d]# Please advise. Thanks
