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From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: Craig A. James <cjames@modgraph-usa.com>
To: Postgresql Performance <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Postgres server crash
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:22:10 +0000
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Craig A. James wrote:
> Richard Huxton wrote:
>> If a "kill -9" as root doesn't get rid of them, I think I'm right in 
>> saying that it's a kernel-level problem rather than something else.
> 
> Sorry I didn't clarify that.  "kill -9" did kill them.  Other signals 
> did not.  It wasn't until I manually intervened with the "kill -9" that 
> the system began the recovery process.

Ah, when you said "unkillable" in the first msg I jumped to the wrong 
conclusion.

In that case, see Tom's answer.

-- 
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd



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