Re: unable to locate a valid checkpoint

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Auri Mason <amason(at)syntrex(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: unable to locate a valid checkpoint
Date: 2002-03-22 18:15:41
Message-ID: 2520.1016820941@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Auri Mason <amason(at)syntrex(dot)com> writes:
> I'm quite new for this list, but I've already a big problem.
> After a shutdown, the postmaster doesn't restart due to a checkpoint
> error.

"Shutdown"? Exactly what happened there? It certainly doesn't look
like you had a clean shutdown.

At this point I think your only hope is contrib/pg_resetxlog, but that's
a very blunt instrument. It'd be nice to understand what went wrong.

regards, tom lane

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