Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04E1E1337B99 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:46:56 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 62626-03 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:46:50 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C5341336B42 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:46:48 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oBA3kgRR013056; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 22:46:43 -0500 (EST) To: Samuel Stearns cc: Shoaib Mir , "pgsql-admin@postgresql.org" Subject: Re: Postgres Crash In-reply-to: <68B59BEDCD36854AADBDF17E91B2937A07844CD02E@EXCHMAIL.staff.internode.com.au> References: <68B59BEDCD36854AADBDF17E91B2937A07844CD029@EXCHMAIL.staff.internode.com.au> <68B59BEDCD36854AADBDF17E91B2937A07844CD02E@EXCHMAIL.staff.internode.com.au> Comments: In-reply-to Samuel Stearns message dated "Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:03:17 +1030" Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:46:42 -0500 Message-ID: <13055.1291952802@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201012/65 X-Sequence-Number: 36294 Samuel Stearns writes: > Tom, no useful messages in the log prior. I do have a 47M core dump. What should I do with that? If you use gdb, try $ gdb /path/to/postmaster /path/to/corefile gdb> bt ... useful info here ... gdb> quit I think the preferred debugger on Solaris might not be gdb, but if so you'll need to consult its docs to find out how to get a stack trace. regards, tom lane