Re: Postmaster not stopping

Chris Mulcahy writes:

> I'm having problems stopping the postmaster. As I'm very well aware,
> kill -i on the postmaster is a Bad Thing (tm), so what are my options?
> What can I look for to help me narrow down the problem?

pg_ctl stop -m fast

or make your clients disconnect.

>
> Any help appreciated. Below is a log from what I'm doing.
>
> Thanks!
> Chris
>
> [root(at)gumby bin]# ./pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/data/ stop
> waiting for postmaster to shut
> down................................................................
> failed
> pg_ctl: postmaster does not shut down
> You have mail in /var/spool/mail/cmulcahy
> [root(at)gumby bin]# ./pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/data/ stop
> waiting for postmaster to shut
> down................................................................
> failed
> pg_ctl: postmaster does not shut down
>
>
>

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