Re: continued segmentation fault

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Geoffrey <esoteric(at)3times25(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: continued segmentation fault
Date: 2006-09-28 10:19:00
Message-ID: 20060928101900.GA10591@svana.org
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On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 02:57:09PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> We continue to have segmentation faults of the /usr/bin/postgres process
> as I mentioned in an earlier thread. In all cases, the core file
> always indicates a segmentation fault, but the backtraces don't seem to
> consistently point to any particular problem. Then again, when you go
> stomping around in memory where you don't belong, all bets are probably off.

99% of the time random segmentation faults are memory trouble. Have you
tried memtest86 on the machine in question?

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.

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