Re: Postgres server crash

Craig A. James wrote:
> Richard Huxton wrote:
>> If a "kill -9" as root doesn't get rid of them, I think I'm right in 
>> saying that it's a kernel-level problem rather than something else.
> 
> Sorry I didn't clarify that.  "kill -9" did kill them.  Other signals 
> did not.  It wasn't until I manually intervened with the "kill -9" that 
> the system began the recovery process.

Ah, when you said "unkillable" in the first msg I jumped to the wrong 
conclusion.

In that case, see Tom's answer.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd