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duggram

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Apr 17, 2008
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I'm trying to install Postresql on my MBP which has 4GB ram. It won't install because it says I don't have more than 32MB of shared memory. So as they tell you in their readme I created a file /etc/sysctl.conf with these lines:

kern.sysv.shmmax=16777216
kern.sysv.shmall=16777216
kern.sysv.shmmin=1
kern.sysv.shmmni=4096
kern.sysv.shmseg=8

Reboot multiple times. Here's what shared memory I have running now:

DougMBP:~ duggram$ sysctl -a | grep shm
kern.exec: unknown type returned
kern.sysv.shmall: 16777216
kern.sysv.shmseg: 8
kern.sysv.shmmni: 4096
kern.sysv.shmmin: 1
kern.sysv.shmmax: 4194304

Which is more than Postgres says is required. Any suggestions on what might be wrong and how to proceed?
 
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