| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | matthew green <mrg(at)eterna(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | ivan <ivan(at)420(dot)am>, Hackers List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu: Third call for platform testing] |
| Date: | 2001-04-05 14:08:19 |
| Message-ID: | 16431.986479699@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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matthew green <mrg(at)eterna(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> digging into the regression.diffs, i can see that:
> - reltime failed because it just had:
> ! psql: Backend startup failed
> The postmaster log file should have more info, but a first thought is
> that you ran up against process or swap-space limitations. The parallel
> check has fifty-odd processes going at its peak, which is more than the
> default per-user process limit on many Unixen.
> hmm, maxproc=80 on this system currently and i wasn't really doing anything
> else. it has 256MB ram and 280MB swap (unused). exactly what am i looking
> for in the postmaster.log file? it is 65kb long...
Look for messages about "fork failed". They should give a kernel error
message too.
regards, tom lane
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