[postgis-users] Installing PostGIS on FreeBSD : trouble with libpq

[Sandro Santilli]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 10:11:32AM -0600, Dheeraj Chand wrote:

> creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1 ... FATAL:  could not create semaphores: No space left on device
> DETAIL:  Failed system call was semget(1, 17, 03600).
> HINT:  This error does *not* mean that you have run out of disk space.
>        It occurs when either the system limit for the maximum number
>        of semaphore sets (SEMMNI), or the system wide maximum number
>        of semaphores (SEMMNS), would be exceeded.  You need to raise
>        the respective kernel parameter.  Alternatively, reduce
>        PostgreSQL's consumption of semaphores by reducing its
>        max_connections parameter. The PostgreSQL documentation contains
>        more information about configuring your system for PostgreSQL.
[...]
> Now, this is on FreeBSD in a jail. I have no idea how to make the
> changes it's asking for in order to initialise. Any suggestions?

Did you actually _read_ that message ? Particularly the HINT ?

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