[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > We have seen this twice. The first time, it was on a 32 bit Fedora > Core 3 system during a `postgres stop`. The stop hung because one of > the processes was in async_notify and refused to get out. We were > unable to do further debugging because the db was in shutdown. We > were forced to kill -9 the process.
Next time try attaching to the stuck backend with gdb so you can get a stack trace. It's difficult to speculate what could be wrong without a better-localized idea of where it's hanging. It'd be a good idea to rebuild with --enable-debug so that the stack trace will be most useful when you get it. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])