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1. Re: [GENERAL] postmaster respawning too fast

   selkovjr@mcs.anl.gov — 1999-10-13T04:48:45Z

   > * In RedHat Linux edit file /etc/inittab to add the floowing as a single
   > line:
   > pg:2345:respawn:/bin/su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster"
   > -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >> /usr/local/pgsql/server.log 2>&1 <
   > /dev/null"
   
   > I see a lot of this messages on my /var/log/messages:
   > 
   > Oct 9 00:01:16 prosolv init: Id "pg" respawning too fast: disabled for 5
   > minutes
   > I have about 1271 messages like this until today, 13 Oct 1999.
   > It seems to happen every 5 minutes.
   
   5 minutes is the polling interval of init; "too fast" means it dies
   before the next checkpoint, i.e., within less than 5 minutes from the
   start.
   
   > What is happening?
   > Could someone tell me what have I done wrong?
   
   The only way to tell is to run the entire command line from inittab
   (you must su root to do it) without redirecting to /dev/null.
   
   --Gene
   
   (in case you didn't know, kill -HUP 1 restarts init and causes it to
   re-read inittab -- which is useful if you made changes there)
   
   

2. Re: [GENERAL] postmaster respawning too fast

   Chairudin Sentosa Harjo <chai@prima.net.id> — 1999-10-13T06:33:04Z

   "Gene Selkov, Jr." wrote:
   > 
   > > * In RedHat Linux edit file /etc/inittab to add the floowing as a single
   > > line:
   > > pg:2345:respawn:/bin/su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster"
   > > -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >> /usr/local/pgsql/server.log 2>&1 <
   > > /dev/null"
   > 
   > > I see a lot of this messages on my /var/log/messages:
   > >
   > > Oct 9 00:01:16 prosolv init: Id "pg" respawning too fast: disabled for 5
   > > minutes
   > > I have about 1271 messages like this until today, 13 Oct 1999.
   > > It seems to happen every 5 minutes.
   > 
   > 5 minutes is the polling interval of init; "too fast" means it dies
   > before the next checkpoint, i.e., within less than 5 minutes from the
   > start.
   > 
   > > What is happening?
   > > Could someone tell me what have I done wrong?
   > 
   > The only way to tell is to run the entire command line from inittab
   > (you must su root to do it) without redirecting to /dev/null.
   
   Do you mean to replace with this command on /etc/inittab? (no /dev/null)
   
   pg:2345:respawn:/bin/su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster
   -D /usr/local/pgsql/data >> /usr/local/pgsql/server.log 2>&1"
   
   What should I observe after I change to the above command line?
   
   Regards,
   Chai