Tom, 1. I had to restart the postgres server, otherwise I would have been in deep problems. 2. I just tried installing strace from the ports system - unfortunately it appears that FreeBSD only has it for i38s, not amd64. Any alternatives so that if this happens again I can take care of this? > > Hmm ... could you strace the launcher for a couple of minutes to see > whether it's doing anything? > > Also, I've forgotten exactly which PG version you're running? > > 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