On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 12:28, Matteo Sgalaberni wrote: > On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 10:43:30AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > Matteo Sgalaberni <sgala@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > 22 daemons that have a persistent connection to this database(all > > > connection are in "idle"(no transaction opened). > > > > You may think that, but you are wrong. > Ok. I stopped all clients. No connections to this database. Only psql > console. Made vacuum > full/freeze all cominations... again dead rows non removable. Nothing > changed as in production. > > this is my postgres config: > > http://pastebin.com/781480 > > I read a lot about bloat tables related to > not appropriate fsm settings... can be the mine a case of > misconfiguration of these parameters? Something is holding a lock, somewhere. Have you tried shutting down and restarting the database to see if you can get it to vacuum that way? You're not in a transaction in psql, right?