I have this problem on jaunty. Postgres would not start when the server starts, but it will start when I do it manually. We have vmware server installed. I tried preventing vmware server from auto starting and also tried the S19 -> S20 workaround, but neither worked. We then followed this advice:
> I have now created /etc/sysctl.d/90-postgres.conf with the following content: > kernel.shmmax = 41943040 and the problem seems to be resolved. -- pgsql fails to start due to shared buffer setting greater than kernel allows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/264336 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
