I get exactly the same error with exactly the same parameters. But... I only get this at boot time, while postgres' automatic startup. If I do a '/etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 start' later, it works without any error message!
System: ubuntu-server 8.04.2 (x86_64), kernel 2.6.24-23-server PostgreSQL: 8.3.5-0ubuntu0.8.04 kernel.shmmax = 268435456 kernel.shmall = 2097152 kernel.shmmni = 4096 -- Postgresql fails to start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/235604 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs