Thanks for that! I guess its that easy way out I was looking for (removing that sysctl.conf file)
thanks for the handy info! Mart :) On Apr 1, 11:29 am, Ross Peoples <[email protected]> wrote: > The extra shared memory allows PostgreSQL to cache more and perform better. > It's mostly for production servers. It shouldn't have any adverse effects on > the Mac. If it's the same setting I'm thinking of, then all it does is > increase the amount of shared ram a single application can use. If it does > mess anything up, then just delete the /etc/sysctl.conf file and when you > reboot, the file will be rebuilt by the Mac to its default settings > automatically.

