Thread: Failure controlling PG 9.1 service on Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit

Failure controlling PG 9.1 service on Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit

From
Jack Christensen
Date:
Just upgraded a machine from PostgreSQL 9.0 to 9.1. I uninstalled the
old version then installed the new one.

Whenever I try to run a service command to start, stop, or restart the
server it fails.

jackc@lizard:~$ sudo service postgresql stop
  * Stopping PostgreSQL 9.1 database server
  * Error: Could not open /proc/2193/comm
  [fail]

It seems to be happening in /usr/share/postgresql-common/PgCommon.pm:542

PostgreSQL is actually running fine, but the only way I can make any
changes is to reboot the server (or kill all the postgres processes I
suppose).

--
Jack Christensen
jackc@hylesanderson.edu


Re: Failure controlling PG 9.1 service on Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit

From
Craig Ringer
Date:
On 10/08/2011 02:23 AM, Jack Christensen wrote:
> Just upgraded a machine from PostgreSQL 9.0 to 9.1. I uninstalled the
> old version then installed the new one.
>
> Whenever I try to run a service command to start, stop, or restart the
> server it fails.
>
> jackc@lizard:~$ sudo service postgresql stop
> * Stopping PostgreSQL 9.1 database server
> * Error: Could not open /proc/2193/comm
> [fail]
>
> It seems to be happening in /usr/share/postgresql-common/PgCommon.pm:542

The Upstart scripts and packaging are part of Ubuntu and maintained
separately to PostgreSQL. I suggest you file a bug on Launchpad,
providing as much detail as you can to assist in identifying why the
issue arose.

--
Craig Ringer

Re: Failure controlling PG 9.1 service on Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit

From
Jack Christensen
Date:
On 10/8/2011 1:21 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On 10/08/2011 02:23 AM, Jack Christensen wrote:
>> Just upgraded a machine from PostgreSQL 9.0 to 9.1. I uninstalled the
>> old version then installed the new one.
>>
>> Whenever I try to run a service command to start, stop, or restart the
>> server it fails.
>>
>> jackc@lizard:~$ sudo service postgresql stop
>> * Stopping PostgreSQL 9.1 database server
>> * Error: Could not open /proc/2193/comm
>> [fail]
>>
>> It seems to be happening in /usr/share/postgresql-common/PgCommon.pm:542
>
> The Upstart scripts and packaging are part of Ubuntu and maintained
> separately to PostgreSQL. I suggest you file a bug on Launchpad,
> providing as much detail as you can to assist in identifying why the
> issue arose.
It looks like you were right. There was another update released over the
weekend that resolved the problem.
>
> --
> Craig Ringer
>


--
Jack Christensen
jackc@hylesanderson.edu