Marc Prewitt <mprewitt@chelsea.net> writes:
> PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-7.1): PostgreSQL-7.1beta4
Why are you still running a beta release?
> Our development server, on occaision, runs out of swap space and
> inevitably when it does, the postmaster process stops.
I think you are seeing a problem that was fixed back in March: fork()
failure for routine checkpoint subprocesses was treated as a fatal
condition, instead of just trying again later.
Update to 7.1.3. If you still see a problem, let us know...
regards, tom lane