On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 5:29 AM, Toni Helenius
<toni.helenius@syncrontech.com> wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: =A0 =A0 =A05260
> Logged by: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Toni Helenius
> Email address: =A0 =A0 =A0toni.helenius@syncrontech.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.3.9
> Operating system: =A0 Windows 2008 Server Enterprise
> Description: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Postgre crashed unexpectedly
> Details:
>
> Postgre database was running normally and several applications using it
> normally like any other day. Then the Postge just died and didn't recover=
by
> itself.. Here is the log:
[...]
> 2009-12-31 13:41:20 EET FATAL: =A0pre-existing shared memory block is sti=
ll in
> use
> 2009-12-31 13:41:20 EET HINT: =A0Check if there are any old server proces=
ses
> still running, and terminate them.
Per the hint, did you check whether there are any old server processes
still running?
If you don't find any old server processes running, I would guess that
a reboot would likely be a good next step toward getting the system
back up.
Unfortunately I'm not sure what could have caused the original crash.
...Robert