Has anybody tried making a 64-bit PostgreSQL on an Apple XServe w/ Intel Woodcrest CPU's? My compile works, but the 'make check' fails because of failure to allocate shared memory. There's plenty of SYSV memory available.

I compiled using:

./configure --without-readline --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql-8.2.3 CFLAGS='-arch x86_64'

log/initdb.log contains:

creating template1 database in /usr/local/src/postgresql-8.2.3/src/ test/regress/./tmp_check/data/base/1 ... FATAL: \
could not create shared memory segment: Cannot allocate memory
DETAIL:  Failed system call was shmget(key=1, size=1810432, 03600).
HINT: This error usually means that PostgreSQL's request for a shared memory segment exceeded available memory or s\ wap space. To reduce the request size (currently 1810432 bytes), reduce PostgreSQL's shared_buffers parameter (curre\
ntly 50) and/or its max_connections parameter (currently 10).

Output of: sudo ipcs -m -b:

Shared Memory:
T     ID     KEY        MODE       OWNER    GROUP  SEGSZ

(no shared memory segments in use)

/etc/sysctl.conf contains:

kern.sysv.shmmax=268435456
kern.sysv.shmmin=1
kern.sysv.shmmni=32
kern.sysv.shmseg=8
kern.sysv.shmall=65536

I just started a 32-bit instance of PostgreSQL with no problems on this box, and it showed:

sudo ipcs -m -b
Shared Memory:
T     ID     KEY        MODE       OWNER    GROUP  SEGSZ
m 131071    5432001 --rw------- postgres    staff 126763008

Thanks,
Kevin Murphy


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