kunal sharma <ksharma.linux@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > We are using Postgres 8.4 and its been found going into recovery 8.4.what? (If not 8.4.1, an update would be the first thing to try.) > Checking the logs I found that theres a segmentation fault , > Sep 26 05:39:54 pace kernel: postgres[28694]: segfault at 0000000000000030 > rip 000000000066ba8c rsp 00007fffd364da30 error 4 > gdb dump shows this > Reading symbols from /lib64/libdl.so.2...done. > Loaded symbols for /lib64/libdl.so.2 > Reading symbols from /lib64/libm.so.6...done. > Loaded symbols for /lib64/libm.so.6 > Reading symbols from /lib64/libc.so.6...done. > Loaded symbols for /lib64/libc.so.6 > Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...done. > Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 > Reading symbols from /lib64/libnss_files.so.2...done. > Loaded symbols for /lib64/libnss_files.so.2 > 0x00002ad6d7b8c2b3 in __select_nocancel () from /lib64/libc.so.6 > (gdb) A segfault inside select() seems fairly unlikely. I suspect that you used the wrong executable or otherwise got the wrong result here. Please double-check, and next time show the whole stack trace ("bt") not just the top function. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin