Re: Database corruption in RH 6.2/prepackaged PG

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: saku(at)bitblit(dot)fi, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Database corruption in RH 6.2/prepackaged PG
Date: 2001-01-14 16:41:22
Message-ID: 26130.979490482@sss.pgh.pa.us
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pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org writes:
> Problem description:
> The nightly cron jobs return me the following message:
> ----
> dumpClasses(): command failed. Explanation from backend: 'pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
> This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
> before or while processing the request.

Can't tell much from this. What would be useful is to look at the
postmaster log and a stack backtrace from the crashed backend.

The default startup script for your RH probably sends the postmaster
log file to the bit-bucket, so you'll have to change it. Make sure
the postmaster is invoked without -S switch, and redirect its stdout
and stderr to some handy log file, etc

postmaster -i -D wherever >/full/path/to/logfile 2>&1 &

(The extra & at the end is needed if you don't use -S.)

If you don't see a core file in $PGDATA/base/yourdb/core, then you
probably also need to add "ulimit -c unlimited" to the postmaster
start script, to allow dumping core from the postmaster and its
child processes.

Let us know when you have more detail ...

regards, tom lane

PS: BTW, it would probably save time all around if you first update
to Postgres 7.0.3 and then see if the bug is still there.

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