189141 2007-08-16 17:41 0000 postgresql on Gentoo/FreeBSD defaults to 512 connections which is more than the default kernel allows 2007-09-23 00:26:09 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo/Alt FreeBSD unspecified All FreeBSD RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 jshupe@gmail.com bsd@gentoo.org esigra@gmail.com jshupe@gmail.com 2007-08-16 17:41:23 0000 The FreeBSD kernel has a limit of 60 semaphores out of the box, so postgres can't have 512 connections out of the box on Gentoo/FreeBSD. This causes postgresql to fail silently and one must tweak the postgresql startup file inorder to even get an error message. (remove the --silent-mode=true part of the startup script). # sysctl -a|grep -i semmns kern.ipc.semmns: 60 # diff /etc/conf.d/postgresql.orig /etc/conf.d/postgresql 15c15 < PGOPTS="-N 512 -B 1024" --- > PGOPTS="-N 40 -B 1024" Reproducible: Always uberlord@gentoo.org 2007-08-17 15:09:26 0000 Fixed, thanks.