Thread: Installer crash - cannot readglobal/config_exec_params

Installer crash - cannot readglobal/config_exec_params

From
"Dave Page"
Date:
I've had a weird crash in the installer a few times now over the last
two or three weeks, though it seems to be somewhat unpredictable. I
can't quite figure it out, hence this post.

It occurs towards the end of the installation, I think when the PLs are
being installed (pretty sure it's not the contribs as I saw it once or
twice before they were added) which happens immediately after the
service has started. Basically a windows error pops up saying
postgres.exe closed unexpectedly because of an error. The installation
continues regardless, and leaves me with what appears to be a completed
installation and running server. All the PLs are there as appear to be
the contrib modules.

This time though, I noticed an odd error in the server log, right at the
beginning:

FATAL:  could not read from file "global/config_exec_params": Permission
denied
2004-09-10 16:43:07 GMT Daylight Time LOG:  server process (PID 1376)
was terminated by signal 5
2004-09-10 16:43:07 GMT Daylight Time LOG:  terminating any other active
server processes
2004-09-10 16:43:07 GMT Daylight Time LOG:  all server processes
terminated; reinitializing
2004-09-10 16:43:07 GMT Daylight Time LOG:  database system was shutdown
at 2004-09-10 16:42:53 GMT Daylight Time
2004-09-10 16:43:08 GMT Daylight Time LOG:  checkpoint record is at
0/AB4950
2004-09-10 16:43:08 GMT Daylight Time LOG:  redo record is at 0/AB4950;
undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE
2004-09-10 16:43:08 GMT Daylight Time LOG:  next transaction ID: 494;
next OID: 17228
2004-09-10 16:43:08 GMT Daylight Time LOG:  database system is ready

Regards, Dave

Re: Installer crash - cannot readglobal/config_exec_params

From
Harald Armin Massa
Date:
Dave,

 >It occurs towards the end of the installation, I think when the PLs are

>FATAL:  could not read from file "global/config_exec_params": Permission
>denied
>2004-09-10 16:43:07 GMT Daylight Time LOG:  server process (PID 1376)
>was terminated by signal 5
>2004-09-10 16:43:07 GMT Daylight Time LOG:  terminating any other active
>
>

I had similiar errors. They appeared as I stopped the service via
control panel and immediately restartet it (Had changed postgresql.conf
in another window)

It looked as if windows gets the information "i am terminated" from
postgresql before it really terminated all of its subprocesses.

The show did go on afterwards.

Harald


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