Re: Tests randomly failed

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alexander Klimov <ask(at)wisdom(dot)weizmann(dot)ac(dot)il>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Tests randomly failed
Date: 2001-03-22 15:19:25
Message-ID: 28328.985274365@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alexander Klimov <ask(at)wisdom(dot)weizmann(dot)ac(dot)il> writes:
> It is looks like failed tests are due to
> ! psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
> ! Is the postmaster running locally
> ! and accepting connections on Unix socket '/tmp/.s.PGSQL.65432'?

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.

regards, tom lane

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