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
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.