Re: Unable to connect to a dabase

Yes a backend gets spewed. Actually it did connect me finally (I am not sure
exactly how long it took). I checked back after about four hours and I was
connected. I have also noticed in the past that after running vacuum the
client (psql) takes longer than usual to connect.
Thanks all
sally

>From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
>To: Jim Nasby <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
>CC: Sally Sally <dedeb17(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
>Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Unable to connect to a dabase
>Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:02:11 -0800
>
>
>>>LOG: database system was shut down at 2006-01-13 18:04:05 EST
>>>LOG: checkpoint record is at 505/C80F1010
>>>LOG: redo record is at 505/C80F1010; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown
>>>TRUE
>>>LOG: next transaction ID: 1341794294; next OID: 1358710904
>>>LOG: database system is ready
>>
>>Well, that looks like a clean startup. I'm not sure if anyone else on the
>>list has any ideas. Maybe getting a stack trace of psql trying to connect
>>would shed some light...
>>
>>Does a backend get spawned when you try running psql? (Look at ps aux|grep
>>postgres before and after running psql).
>
>If you telnet to localhost 5432 is it listening or does it hang? If it
>hangs I would guess a firewall but I would think you would pick up on the
>unix socket.
>
>J
>
>
>
>>
>>>>From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
>>>>To: Sally Sally <dedeb17(at)hotmail(dot)com>
>>>>CC: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>>>Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Unable to connect to a dabase
>>>>Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:55:16 -0600
>>>>
>>>>Please don't hijack threads fo new questions.
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 10:45:51PM +0000, Sally Sally wrote:
>>>>>I had to kill a vacuum in the middle with -9. I shut down
>>>and restarted
>>>>the
>>>>>postgres server several times after that but I am unable
>>>to connect to
>>>>the
>>>>>db that I was initially running vacuum on
>>>>>I'm doing "psql dbname" and it hangs for a while. I'm
>>>still waiting. Any
>>>>>ideas?
>>>>What's the logfile say about it?
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