Re: postmaster hangs

From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
To: Rolf Staege <Rolf(dot)Staege(at)med(dot)uni-rostock(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postmaster hangs
Date: 2005-04-19 15:58:49
Message-ID: 1113926329.20921.540.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 09:38, Rolf Staege wrote:
> hi,
> i'm using postgres version 7.4.1 and it run very stable until, may be,
> 4 weeks ago.
> now the postmaster hangs sometimes for a while (actually since 2 hours)
> and doesn't accept connections but comes back anytime. there is no
> possibility to stop the postmaster. even a kill -9 (it's only the
> developement system) doesn't work. i have to reboot the system to get
> the database running again.

In addition to what Tom said (i.e. look at hardware problems) I'd also
recommend updating the latest update of your versions of pgsql, 7.4.7.

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