Re: Tests randomly failed - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Tests randomly failed
Date
Msg-id 28328.985274365@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Tests randomly failed  (Alexander Klimov <ask@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il>)
Responses Re: Tests randomly failed  (Alexander Klimov <ask@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il>)
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Alexander Klimov <ask@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il> writes:
> It is looks like failed tests are due to
> ! psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
> !     Is the postmaster running locally
> !     and accepting connections on Unix socket '/tmp/.s.PGSQL.65432'?

What I see is a lot of

! psql: Backend startup failed

which suggests a fork() failure.  Look in the postmaster logfile to see
the exact kernel error code --- but probably you are out of swap space
or up against the kernel's limit on number of processes for one userid.

            regards, tom lane

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