Re: server process (PID 27884) was terminated by signal 4 (SIGILL)

From: mljv(at)planwerk6(dot)de
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: server process (PID 27884) was terminated by signal 4 (SIGILL)
Date: 2008-01-04 09:36:02
Message-ID: 200801041036.03008.mljv@planwerk6.de
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-general

Am Freitag, 4. Januar 2008 10:03 schrieb Steve Atkins:
> On Jan 4, 2008, at 12:44 AM, mljv(at)planwerk6(dot)de wrote:
> > I just want to ask if there is something else
> > besideds
> > hardware failure which could force a signall 4 (ILL)?
>
> Software bugs can on rare occasions (by overwriting return stack data
> and heading off into the weeds, say), but there's no way they'd do
> that in
> multiple processes simultaneously
>
> It's conceivable it was just a transient problem ("a cosmic ray" -
> they really do
> happen occasionally) but it's much more likely you have bad hardware.
> Probably either RAM, disk or disk controller.

thanks a lot for clarifying this so quickly.

kind regards,
Janning

In response to

Browse pgsql-general by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Glyn Astill 2008-01-04 09:44:07 TCL
Previous Message Ivan Sergio Borgonovo 2008-01-04 09:31:30 Solution: implicit vs. explicit RETURN when OUT is used