problem running postmaster

pw wrote:

Hello,

I am having problems running postmaster.
I get the following error:

DEBUG: invoking IpcMemoryCreate(size=1466368)
PANIC: invalid checksum in control file

$PGDATA/pg_clog

Control files reside in there

The postmaster then exits.

What control file is it talking about?
Is this a common error?

No this is not common. Was there a hard system crash and psotgresql data reside
on a non-journalling file system?

If yes, you are looking at an inconsistent database.

Please confirm.

Shridhar

"pw" <p.willis@telus.net> writes:

PANIC: invalid checksum in control file

What control file is it talking about?

$PGDATA/global/pg_control

Is this a common error?

No; I don't think I've ever seen it reported from the field before.
How did you get into this state?

regards, tom lane