bpalmer <bpalmer@crimelabs.net> writes:
> ! psql: Backend startup failed
> Any ideas where to look for this one?
In the postmaster: the fork() to launch a backend is failing. There
should be a more detailed message in the postmaster's stderr log,
but almost certainly it's a resource-exhaustion issue. Does your
kernel enforce a per-userid limit on the number of processes, for
example?
regards, tom lane