=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Christian_Schr=F6der?= <cs@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Maybe this is just a cross-distribution difference in file layouts, >> but I'm suddenly wondering if there's a 32-vs-64-bit issue here. >> Exactly which perl packages have you got installed? > rpm says: "perl-5.8.8-32". The somewhat lengthy output of "perl -V" is: > [snip] OK, it looks like it is a 64-bit build but they intentionally put the perl stuff under /usr/lib anyway. So that was a red herring. One thing I notice in comparing your output against what I see on Fedora is: > Compiler: > cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There's no such #define mentioned in the Red Hat configuration ... I wonder what that does? I wouldn't normally think this significant, but given that we suspect the problem is somehow related to threading, it kind of draws the eyes ... > Since I have now a total of 69 connections and already touched the > connection limit yesterday I will now restart the server. Thus, I won't > be able to provide any more detailed information until the problem > arises again. OK. For the moment I confess bafflement. You had offered access to your system to probe more carefully --- once you've built up two or three stuck processes again, I would like to take a look. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq