Re: postgreslog-semctl(7438339, 4, SETVAL, 0) failed:

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "surabhi(dot)ahuja" <surabhi(dot)ahuja(at)iiitb(dot)ac(dot)in>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgreslog-semctl(7438339, 4, SETVAL, 0) failed:
Date: 2006-04-25 15:10:44
Message-ID: 19308.1145977844@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"surabhi.ahuja" <surabhi(dot)ahuja(at)iiitb(dot)ac(dot)in> writes:
> <2006-04-19 01:13:25 IST%startup>FATAL: semctl(7438339, 4, SETVAL, 0)
> failed: Invalid argument

Kinda looks like something deleted your semaphores --- does "ipcs -s"
show anything?

Stopping and restarting the postmaster should fix it, if so, but you'll
want to find out who ipcrm'd the semaphores and rap their knuckles.

regards, tom lane

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