Re: fatal error in pg.log - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Medora Schauer
Subject Re: fatal error in pg.log
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Msg-id 1CA058827877644DAB54FB930FFA3B0526AD41@lincoln.FAIRIND.FAIRFIELD.COM
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In response to fatal error in pg.log  ("Medora Schauer" <mschauer@fairfield.com>)
Responses Re: fatal error in pg.log
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>
> "Medora Schauer" <mschauer@fairfield.com> writes:
> > I looked in the log again and sure enough I missed this immediately
> > before the WARNINGS:
>
> > PANIC:  link from /data/database/pg_xlog/00000001000000D9 to
> > /data/database/pg_xlog/00000001000000E1 (initialization of log file
1,
> > segment 225) failed: No such file or directory
>
> > Looks like a file system problem right?
>
> Definitely seems like a can't-happen case.  What file system are you
> running Postgres on?

I found this in /var/log/messages:

Dec  1 09:23:40 Qc kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed
(gfp=0x1d2/0)
Dec  1 09:23:40 Qc kernel: VM: killing process postmaster

Is this because we are running out of memory?

Our file system is ext3.

Medora


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