--sorry, i meant to send this to the group.
--generally speaking, how long should this run?
[snip]
(gdb) attach 3488
Attaching to program: /usr/bin/postgres, process 3488
[/snip]
--i know i should be patient, but i'm trying to figure
--out if this should take more than 20 minutes or if
--i've done something wrong. (OR, should that be postmaster
--and not postgres in the above line?)
-X
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> --that's just it: it's not doing a lot of anything.
> --not munching on CPU cycles or anything like that.
> --'ps auwx' shows that the process is stopped
> --(displays a 'T' in the line, i. e.:)
> [snip]
> postgres 3488 5.3 0.0 11412 4 pts/4 T Sep18 88:53 postgres: joe
> testdb 16.xx.xx.xx SELECT
> [/snip]
Interesting. Maybe it's waiting for a lock that someone else has?
Can you attach to the process with gdb and get a stack trace to show
where it is, exactly?
$ gdb /path/to/postgres-executable
gdb> attach 3488
gdb> bt
gdb> quit
okay to detach? y
regards, tom lane
