Tom,
1. I had to restart the postgres server, otherwise I would have been in
deep problems.
2. I just tried installing strace from the ports system - unfortunately
it appears that FreeBSD only has it for i38s, not amd64. Any
alternatives so that if this happens again I can take care of this?
>
> Hmm ... could you strace the launcher for a couple of minutes to see
> whether it's doing anything?
>
> Also, I've forgotten exactly which PG version you're running?
>
> regards, tom lane