Re: Weird system lockups occuring when JDBC throws error

From: Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>
To: Jay Liu <jliu(at)ic(dot)sunysb(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Weird system lockups occuring when JDBC throws error
Date: 2007-04-20 00:25:08
Message-ID: Pine.BSO.4.64.0704192022400.8893@leary.csoft.net
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, Jay Liu wrote:

> I'm having some problems with my postgres installation on debian (Virtual
> PC 2007)
>
> Debian etch 4.0 (running 2.6.18)
> psql (PostgreSQL) 8.1.8
>
> Sometimes when the driver throws an exception, it seems to lock up the whole
> machine. I run top on the console, and it stops. I have to reset it.
>
> The problem is non deterministic, it seems to take a few errors before it
> goes down.
>

This is not a postgresql problem. Running as an unprivileged process
there's no way for postgresql to lock up a whole machine. You need to
look at either the OS or the virtual machine it's running in.

Kris Jurka

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