Re: Tests randomly failed

From: Alexander Klimov <ask(at)wisdom(dot)weizmann(dot)ac(dot)il>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Tests randomly failed
Date: 2001-03-23 15:59:50
Message-ID: Pine.SUN.4.21.0103231757150.4053-100000@dardar.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Tom Lane wrote:
> What I see is a lot of
>
> ! psql: Backend startup failed
>
> which suggests a fork() failure. Look in the postmaster logfile to see
> the exact kernel error code --- but probably you are out of swap space
> or up against the kernel's limit on number of processes for one userid.
Strange, but this solution *also* works: I raise in /etc/system from 64 to
set maxuprc=256
revert pg_regress.sh in original state (with unix sockets for solaris),
and now all tests are passed.

Regards,
ASK

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