> > > #2 0x20dc71 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 > > > #3 0x8080495 in XLogFileOpen () > > > > Hm. Evidently it's failing to open the xlog file, but the code is set > > up in such a way that it dies before telling you why :-( Take a look > > at XLogFileOpen in src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c and tweak the code > > to tell you the path and errno it's failing on before it abort()s. > > I don't remember why there is abort() in XLogFileOpen just before > appropriate elog(STOP) there - I'll remove it in few moments, - but > it's already obvious why open failed: there is no file with checkpoint > record pointed by pg_control - data/pg_xlog/000000000000002F. > So, the question is who removed this file - PG or Linux? Might it be, that pg_control is older than it should be ? I mean, that the write to pg_control did not make it to disk, but the checkpoint already completed (removed the logs) ? Andreas
