Re: Postgresql 7.1 dying on Debian Woody

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Johann Spies <jspies(at)maties(dot)sun(dot)ac(dot)za>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgresql 7.1 dying on Debian Woody
Date: 2001-06-29 14:38:43
Message-ID: 7220.993825523@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Johann Spies <jspies(at)maties(dot)sun(dot)ac(dot)za> writes:
> I happened yesterday while I was running a script copying about 58000
> entries to a table and I can not get it going again. From
> /var/log/postgres.log:
> The Data Base System is starting up
> /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster: Startup proc 12953 exited with
> status 512 - abort
> /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster: Startup proc 13036 exited with
> status 512 - abort

Very strange. If the startup process detects a problem, it should write
some kind of error message to the log before aborting. Are you getting
a core dump file in the $PGDATA directory?

One thing I'd suggest immediately is to update to 7.1.2 and see if the
behavior changes.

regards, tom lane

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