Re: exit code 139 performing initdb (pg 9.1 on linux)

Tom,

thanks for your quick response.
as mentioned the linux is rather old (~ 7 years) and i know that some
software is not up to date. (but the admin has no time to update the entire
system)

i don't know what you mean with compiler options. if i enter gcc -v it lists:
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.1/specs
Configured with: ../configure --enable-threads=posix --prefix=/usr
--with-local-prefix=/usr/local --infodir=/usr/share/info
--mandir=/usr/share/man --libdir=/usr/lib
--enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc,java,ada --disable-checking
--enable-libgcj --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ --with-slibdir=/lib
--with-system-zlib --enable-shared --enable-__cxa_atexit i586-suse-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux)

I rebuild pg with the settings you suggested. the bt dump is 1655 lines of
hexcode and i am not sure whether i should post all here. it starts with:

#0  0x00000009 in ?? ()
#1  0x00000000 in ?? ()
#2  0x0000e000 in ?? ()
#3  0x082676a1 in ?? ()
#4  0x00000009 in ?? ()
#5  0x00000000 in ?? ()
#6  0x00000000 in ?? ()
#7  0x0000e000 in ?? ()
#8  0x00000000 in ?? ()
#9  0x00000004 in ?? ()
#10 0x00000180 in ?? ()
#11 0x00000008 in ?? ()
#12 0x0853bd1c in ?? ()
and ends with
#1648 0x6c2f7273 in ?? ()
#1649 0x6c61636f in ?? ()
#1650 0x7367702f in ?? ()
#1651 0x622f6c71 in ?? ()
#1652 0x702f6e69 in ?? ()
#1653 0x6774736f in ?? ()
#1654 0x00736572 in ?? ()
#1655 0x00000000 in ?? ()
Cannot access memory at address 0xc0000000

of course i will send you the full file.

best regards,
gunthard