Re: PostgreSQL 9.2.4 + CentOS 6.5 64 bit - segfault error in initdb

On 06/04/2014 05:20 AM, Bhushan Pathak wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have installed the following RPM on CentOS 6.5 64 bit -
> uuid-1.5.1-4.rhel5.x86_64
> postgresql92-contrib-9.2.4-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64
> postgresql92-9.2.4-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64
> postgresql92-server-9.2.4-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64
> postgresql92-libs-9.2.4-1PGDG.rhel5.x86_64
>
> Kernel version is -
> kernel-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64
> kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.noarch
>
> The CentOS server is a VM running on top of VMware with 4CPUs [2.4GHz
> each] & 9GB of RAM. No other application runs on this server.
>
> The RPM get installed successfully, but when I issue the "service
> postgresql-9.2 initdb" command, it gets stuck for 5-10 minutes & then
> says failed. The pgstartup.log file has only 1 line -
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Is the data directory created?

>
> Any idea what is going wrong? How to fix it? I'm open to try multiple
> installation attempts [as it is a VM & I can re-install as needed]

What happens if you use pg_ctl to initdb the cluster?

>
> Thanks
> Bhushan Pathak

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