Re: [GENERAL] Weird postmaster crashes

the mantra is  to always check hardware first. Do a disk and memory check.

Dmitry Tkach wrote:

> I am experiencing database server crashes quite frequently (sometimes,
> *daily*), and I am having hard time identifying what could possibly be
> causing them :-(
> They seem to be happenning kinda randomly, I was unable to attribute
> them to any specific database activity going on at the time...
> The postgres log looks like:
>
> 2003-06-10 13:53:32 [14522]  DEBUG:  pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on
> client connection
> 2003-06-10 13:53:32 [16915]  DEBUG:  pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on
> client connection
> 2003-06-10 13:53:32 [14523]  DEBUG:  pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on
> client connection
> 2003-06-10 13:53:32 [17095]  DEBUG:  pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on
> client connection
> 2003-06-10 13:53:32 [14551]  FATAL 1:  LWLockAcquire: can't wait without
> a PROC structure
> 2003-06-10 13:53:32 [14551]  FATAL 1:  LWLockAcquire: can't wait without
> a PROC structure
> 2003-06-10 13:53:32 [14527]  DEBUG:  pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on
> client connection
> 2003-06-10 13:53:32 [14685]  DEBUG:  pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on
> client connection
> 2003-06-10 13:53:32 [17093]  DEBUG:  pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on
> client connection
> 2003-06-10 13:53:32 [17092]  DEBUG:  pq_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on
> client connection
> .... <snip a few identical messages (with different pids)
>
> 2003-06-10 13:53:33 [14072]  DEBUG:  server process (pid 14551) exited
> with exit code 1
> 2003-06-10 13:53:33 [14072]  DEBUG:  terminating any other active server
> processes
> 2003-06-10 13:53:33 [1609]   NOTICE:  Message from PostgreSQL backend:
>        The Postmaster has informed me that some other backend
>        died abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory.
> .....
>
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> It does not even produce a core file after this - just silently exists,
> and restarts itself.
>
> Could somebody please point me to any clue what could possibly be wrong
> with it?
>
> This is 7.2.1 - I know, I need to upgrade.
> Working on it, but it is going to take a while, and at the time being I
> would greatly appreciate any ideas on what I can do about this thing.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Dima
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