http://librarian.launchpad.net/7042614/postmaster-bt.txt was the bt for the process that hanged on CREATE DATABASE.
There was another fork: 16273 ? Ss 0:00 postgres: mark launchpad_ftest_template [local] startup waiting which also hanged in the semaphore: #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb7c60dcb in semop () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #2 0x081c98cc in PGSemaphoreLock (sema=0xb78dca50, interruptOK=6 '\006') at pg_sema.c:411 #3 0x081f363f in ProcSleep (locallock=0x83b5b80, lockMethodTable=0x833f76c) at proc.c:829 #4 0x081f2665 in LockAcquire (locktag=0xbfc5b414, lockmode=3, sessionLock=0 '\0', dontWait=0 '\0') at lock.c:1140 #5 0x081f0146 in LockSharedObject (classid=1262, objid=16385, objsubid=0, lockmode=3) at lmgr.c:578 #6 0x08293f28 in InitPostgres (dbname=0x83b3058 "launchpad_ftest_template", username=0x83983a0 "mark") at postinit.c:406 #7 0x081fd522 in PostgresMain (argc=4, argv=0x83983dc, username=0x83983a0 "mark") at postgres.c:3143 #8 0x081d211a in ServerLoop () at postmaster.c:2931 #9 0x081d3034 in PostmasterMain (argc=5, argv=0x83950e0) at postmaster.c:963 #10 0x0818c745 in main (argc=5, argv=0xbfc5ca64) at main.c:188 and the autovacuum daemon as well: #1 0xb7c60dcb in semop () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #2 0x081c98cc in PGSemaphoreLock (sema=0xb78ddc20, interruptOK=118 'v') at pg_sema.c:411 #3 0x081f553e in LWLockAcquire (lockid=BtreeVacuumLock, mode=LW_EXCLUSIVE) at lwlock.c:455 #4 0x080abe38 in _bt_end_vacuum (rel=0xb5f0b298) at nbtutils.c:1028 #5 0x080a9c68 in btbulkdelete (fcinfo=0xbfc58cd8) at nbtree.c:552 #6 0x0828b13d in FunctionCall4 (flinfo=0x8637188, arg1=3217395608, arg2=0, arg3=135662128, arg4=140545744) at fmgr.c:1206 #7 0x080a3b96 in index_bulk_delete (info=0xbfc58f98, stats=0x0, callback=0x8160a30 <lazy_tid_reaped>, callback_state=0x8608ed0) at indexam.c:573 #8 0x0816099f in lazy_vacuum_index (indrel=0xb5f0b298, stats=0x86092dc, vacrelstats=0x8608ed0) at vacuumlazy.c:651 #9 0x081611dd in lazy_vacuum_rel (onerel=0xb5f09ca8, vacstmt=0x8638ef8) at vacuumlazy.c:478 #10 0x0815f08b in vacuum_rel (relid=<value optimized out>, vacstmt=0x8638ef8, expected_relkind=114 'r') at vacuum.c:1088 #11 0x08160015 in vacuum (vacstmt=0x8638ef8, relids=0x8638f58) at vacuum.c:397 #12 0x081cc10a in AutoVacMain (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>) at autovacuum.c:912 #13 0x081cc5c3 in autovac_start () at autovacuum.c:178 #14 0x081d26d0 in ServerLoop () at postmaster.c:1249 #15 0x081d3034 in PostmasterMain (argc=5, argv=0x83950e0) at postmaster.c:963 #16 0x0818c745 in main (argc=5, argv=0xbfc5ca64) at main.c:188 -- Postgres 8.2 on Feisty beta dies regularly https://launchpad.net/bugs/93042 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs