On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 11:10, Chris Travers wrote: > lmyho wrote: > > > > >The last one (successful bootup and shutdown): > >pg_log# more postgresql-2006-03-30_103237.log > >2006-03-30 10:32:37 CSTLOG: database system was shut down at 2006-03-30 10:32:20 > >CST > >2006-03-30 10:32:37 CSTLOG: checkpoint record is at 0/33B96C > >2006-03-30 10:32:37 CSTLOG: redo record is at 0/33B96C; undo record is at 0/0; > >shutdown TRUE > >2006-03-30 10:32:37 CSTLOG: next transaction ID: 5839; next OID: 16386 > >2006-03-30 10:32:37 CSTLOG: next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0 > >2006-03-30 10:32:37 CSTLOG: database system is ready > >2006-03-30 10:32:37 CSTLOG: transaction ID wrap limit is 2147484146, limited by > >database "postgres" > >2006-03-30 10:32:37 CSTLOG: autovacuum: processing database "template1" > >2006-03-30 10:33:37 CSTLOG: autovacuum: processing database "postgres" > >2006-03-30 10:33:42 CSTLOG: incomplete startup packet > >2006-03-30 10:33:42 CSTLOG: received fast shutdown request > >2006-03-30 10:33:42 CSTLOG: shutting down > >2006-03-30 10:33:42 CSTLOG: database system is shut down > >2006-03-30 10:33:42 CSTLOG: logger shutting down > > > >You can see they all have that line! Can you see what's may be the problem? Thank > >you!!! > > > > > Interesting.... Database starts up at 10:32:37 and processes all > databases through autovacuum. > Then exactly a minute later, it processes the postgres database. > 5 seconds later, you get a SIGINT. > > Is there something wrong with autovacuum? Normally I would doubt it but > the other possibility is something is waiting for just over a minute and > then shutting down the database. > > If you su postgres, can you run pg_ctl and get the database up by itself? If I remember correctly, this is a problem with the debian startup script requiring trust for the postgres superuser, and was discussed sometime last year. I'll wander through the archives in a free moment and see if I can find it.