"Martin A. Marques" <martin(at)math(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar> writes:
>> Hm, that 'Killed' looks suspicious. What shows up in the
>> /dbs/postgres/sql.log file?
> Nothing at all.
That's no help :-(. Please alter the command to trace the shell script,
ie
su postgres -c 'sh -x /dbs/postgres/bin/pg_ctl -o ... 2>tracefile'
and send the tracefile.
regards, tom lane