> Well, there's part of your problem: the program that is > crashing is not > initdb. Specify the postgres executable, instead. Note > the > > > warning: core file may not match specified executable > file. > > Core was generated by > `/usr/pgsql_src/postgresql-8.3.3/src/test/regress/tmp_check/install/usr/local/pg'. > Ok, that helps a bit and the output now looks a little more useful: Program terminated with signal 10, Bus error. #0 InitializeGUCOptions () at guc.c:3133 3133 if (new_limit > 100) (gdb) bt #0 InitializeGUCOptions () at guc.c:3133 #1 0x004a1ec8 in AuxiliaryProcessMain (argc=4, argv=<value optimized out>) at bootstrap.c:230 #2 0x005979a8 in main (argc=4, argv=<value optimized out>) at main.c:147 (gdb) So, guc.c:3133 is doing something to try and set stack depth.... And I've no idea what I'm looking for unfortunately. And, the instruction pointer info: (gdb) x/i $pc 0x7572d0 <InitializeGUCOptions+648>: beqz v0,0x75748c <InitializeGUCOptions+1092> (gdb) x/32i $pc-32 0x7572b0 <InitializeGUCOptions+616>: blez v0,0x7572d8 <InitializeGUCOptions+656> 0x7572b4 <InitializeGUCOptions+620>: move v1,v0 0x7572b8 <InitializeGUCOptions+624>: lui v0,0xfff8 0x7572bc <InitializeGUCOptions+628>: addu v0,v1,v0 0x7572c0 <InitializeGUCOptions+632>: bltz v0,0x75753c <InitializeGUCOptions+1268> 0x7572c4 <InitializeGUCOptions+636>: nop 0x7572c8 <InitializeGUCOptions+640>: sra a2,v0,0xa 0x7572cc <InitializeGUCOptions+644>: slti v0,a2,101 0x7572d0 <InitializeGUCOptions+648>: beqz v0,0x75748c <InitializeGUCOptions+1092> 0x7572d4 <InitializeGUCOptions+652>: slti v0,a2,2049 0x7572d8 <InitializeGUCOptions+656>: lw ra,84(sp) 0x7572dc <InitializeGUCOptions+660>: lw s8,80(sp) 0x7572e0 <InitializeGUCOptions+664>: lw s7,76(sp) 0x7572e4 <InitializeGUCOptions+668>: lw s6,72(sp) 0x7572e8 <InitializeGUCOptions+672>: lw s5,68(sp) 0x7572ec <InitializeGUCOptions+676>: lw s4,64(sp) 0x7572f0 <InitializeGUCOptions+680>: lw s3,60(sp) 0x7572f4 <InitializeGUCOptions+684>: lw s2,56(sp) 0x7572f8 <InitializeGUCOptions+688>: lw s1,52(sp) 0x7572fc <InitializeGUCOptions+692>: lw s0,48(sp) ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- 0x757300 <InitializeGUCOptions+696>: jr ra 0x757304 <InitializeGUCOptions+700>: addiu sp,sp,88 0x757308 <InitializeGUCOptions+704>: lw t9,60(s0) 0x75730c <InitializeGUCOptions+708>: nop 0x757310 <InitializeGUCOptions+712>: beqz t9,0x757330 <InitializeGUCOptions+744> 0x757314 <InitializeGUCOptions+716>: li a1,1 0x757318 <InitializeGUCOptions+720>: lw a0,48(s0) 0x75731c <InitializeGUCOptions+724>: jalr t9 0x757320 <InitializeGUCOptions+728>: move a2,zero 0x757324 <InitializeGUCOptions+732>: lw gp,24(sp) 0x757328 <InitializeGUCOptions+736>: beqz v0,0x757454 <InitializeGUCOptions+1036> 0x75732c <InitializeGUCOptions+740>: addiu a0,s6,-8968 (gdb) > though this is evidently getting confused by the overly > long path, > so you might still see the warning even after picking the > right > executable. I thought the same, but was hoping it's just a display problem. __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html