> sort_mem = 1024 > shared_buffers = 2048 (tried higher, but didnt' seem to improve anything) > max_connections = 300 > > error message just comes out of the blue, the database is chugging along > happily and then suddenly[4059] DEBUG: connection startup failed (fork > failure): Resource temporarily unavailable > [4059] DEBUG: connection startup failed (fork failure): Resource > temporarily unavailable > [4059] DEBUG: could not launch checkpoint process (fork failure): Resource > temporarily unavailable > [4059] DEBUG: connection startup failed (fork failure): Resource > temporarily unavailable > [4059] DEBUG: connection startup failed (fork failure): Resource > temporarily unavailable
Sounds like fork returning EAGAIN. What does ulimit -a show for the postgres user? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly