Re: How to analyze a core dump

On 11/2/20 11:04 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> S Bob <sbob@quadratum-braccas.com> writes:
>> On 11/2/20 9:55 AM, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
>>> Is signal 10 SIGBUS on your platform? Perhaps check the relevant man
>>> page on your platform -- "man signal.7" works for me here.
>>> What CPU architecture and operating system are you using?
>> 32 bit, Solaris 10
> Solaris should be enough like other Unixen to presume that SIGBUS is 10.
> However, that doesn't get you far towards finding a root cause.
>
> Since you have a core file, maybe you could extract a stack trace
> from it?  We have some suggestions at
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Getting_a_stack_trace_of_a_running_PostgreSQL_backend_on_Linux/BSD
>
> although I'm afraid that's pretty gdb-specific, and Solaris probably
> has different debugging tools.
>
> What PG version are you running, exactly?


This client is running Postgres version 9.0.4


I'll have a look at the link you sent, thanks!




>
>             regards, tom lane