Re: psql: FATAL: the database system is in recovery mode

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Bhushan Verma <verma(dot)bhushan(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql: FATAL: the database system is in recovery mode
Date: 2009-06-24 10:38:24
Message-ID: 4A420220.3030502@enterprisedb.com
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Bhushan Verma wrote:
>> The core file is generated in the data directory. I believe the default
>> location on Fedora is /var/lib/pgsql/dat
>
> Yes I also think the same.
> But there is no core file in /var/lib/pgsql/dat on my system.
> I am trying to find out why this is not generating core while log message
> "LOG: server process (PID 14255) was terminated by signal 11: Segmentation
> fault" is wriiten in the log file.

Perhaps the ulimit is not in effect after all? Try starting postmaster
directly, without pg_ctl:

ulimit -c unlimited
postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql/data

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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