Re: Linux max on shared buffers?

From: knut(dot)suebert(at)web(dot)de
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Linux max on shared buffers?
Date: 2002-07-11 18:41:24
Message-ID: 20020711184124.GA13028@web.de
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Doug Fields schrieb:
> At 02:17 PM 7/10/2002, terry(at)greatgulfhomes(dot)com wrote:
> >How does one increase the SHMMAX? Does it require recompiling the kernel?
>
> To answer both questions:
>
> Increase it with /etc/sysctl.conf entries such as: (Linux 2.2 and up)
>
> kernel.shmall = 1073741824
> kernel.shmmax = 1073741824

Hello,

here on Debian, those settings are done *after* PostgreSQL is started.

$ ls /etc/rc2.d/*{proc,post}* | sort
/etc/rc2.d/S20postgresql
/etc/rc2.d/S20procps.sh

no problem? or should I start reportbug?

Thanks,
Knut Sübert

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