"Ed L." <pgsql@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > from /opt/pgsql/installs/postgresql-7.3.4/bin/postmaster > (gdb) bt > #0 0x12d288 in InitBufferPoolAccess () > from /opt/pgsql/installs/postgresql-7.3.4/bin/postmaster > Error accessing memory address 0x0: Invalid argument. Right offhand I'd imagine that the calloc() call failed and returned NULL --- leastwise it's hard to see how else that routine could crash. Could your machine be nearly out of memory? regards, tom lane
