On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Hanns Hartman <hwhartman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm running postgres 8.3.17 on a redhat linux mips derivative and I've >> observed a postgres crash and the subsequent messages in my postgres >> debug log. >> >> 2011-12-21 19:08:49 UTC - LOG: shutting down >> 2011-12-21 19:08:49 UTC -s PANIC: concurrent transaction log activity >> while database system is shutting down >> 2011-12-21 19:08:49 UTC - LOG: background writer process (PID 1423) >> was terminated by signal 6: Aborted >> 2011-12-21 19:08:49 UTC - LOG: terminating any other active server processes >> >> >> I'm having trouble understanding what could cause this. I've looked >> through the postgres sources and I don't understand what is "shutting >> down" since this happens on a live system where no stop has been >> requested. > > It says that it's detecting more than one process writing to the logs. > Is there some way you're machine is launching a second postgresql > instance against the same data store? It's just a guess, I've never > seen this error before so It's a stab in the dark. If I was running a second postgresql then I'd have some pretty huge problems! ;-) Thanks for the suggestion. -HH -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
