Re: i launched http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/pgsql/contrib/ipc_check/:
-bash-2.05b# ./ipc_check.pl -B 64 shared memory enabled: 32768 kB available no changes to kernel required for a "-B 64" setting ========================== and my: bash-2.05b# sysctl -a |grep shm kern.ipc.shmmax: 33554432 kern.ipc.shmmin: 1 kern.ipc.shmmni: 192 kern.ipc.shmseg: 128 kern.ipc.shmall: 8192 kern.ipc.shm_use_phys: 0 shm 5 20K 25K 1423 16,1024,16384 bash-2.05b# sysctl -a |grep sem kern.ipc.semmap: 30 kern.ipc.semmni: 10 kern.ipc.semmns: 60 kern.ipc.semmnu: 30 kern.ipc.semmsl: 60 kern.ipc.semopm: 100 kern.ipc.semume: 10 kern.ipc.semusz: 92 kern.ipc.semvmx: 32767 kern.ipc.semaem: 16384 acpisem 14 2K 2K 14 128 sem 4 7K 8K 72 16,1024,4096 debug.acpi_semaphore_debug: 0 p1003_1b.semaphores: 0 p1003_1b.sem_nsems_max: 0 p1003_1b.sem_value_max: 0 bash-2.05b# uname -a FreeBSD Server 5.1-RELEASE-p16 FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE-p16 #2: Mon Mar 29 08:44:10 CEST 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/MYKERNEL i386 bash-2.05b# pg_ctl --version pg_ctl (PostgreSQL) 7.4.3 and still i can not create initdb.... I remember i had identical problem with FreeBSD and Postgres in the past, but i can not remind what have i done to solve it... Could anybody help ? Thanx Michal