Re: System crashed: fatal error restarting postgres - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 09/30/2016 01:15 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>   A java application threw a major error when closing and it crashed my
> system (including wiping out most of /tmp). After rebooting I su'd to user
> postgres and tried to start postgresql-9.5.4, but this error displays:
>
> postgres@salmo:~$ FATAL:  could not open shared memory segment
> "/PostgreSQL.1804289383": Permission denied
>
>   Please advise me on how I proceed to clear this and restart the
> application.

See here:

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/24208.1473724630%40sss.pgh.pa.us
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
>
>


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Adrian Klaver
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