Is it crashing around the time a pg_dump is executed? There is a similar problem with 7.4.1 on cygwin / windows. There were some patches for this applied to 7.4.2 if that is the case. On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 04:25:30PM -0500, Joe Lester wrote: > I'm getting this message on Postgres 7.4.1 (Mac OS 10.3) > > 2004-05-24 15:20:15 WARNING: terminating connection because of crash > of another server process > DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back > the current transaction and exit, because another server process exited > abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. > HINT: In a moment you should be able to reconnect to the database and > repeat your command. > > This message repeats itself for each back-end that shuts down. > > This is the second time in two days I've got this message in my log. > The server has been running fine for about 5 months straight up until > now. The load on the server has increased somewhat in the last few > days, not in the number of back-end processes, but in the number of > SELECTs each back-end performs. > > Can someone give me any pointers on what troubleshooting steps I can > take to get my system stable again? > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly