From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6906A138A1F for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:00:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A7A6E0929; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:00:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail125c7.megamailservers.com (mail718.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.28]) (using TLSv1.1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EAF46E0804 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:00:43 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin@sys-concept.com X-VIP: 69.49.109.100 Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail125c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id s8FF0fHL029922 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:00:42 -0400 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8139D20027E; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:01:03 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:01:03 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ERROR: postgresql - exceeded maxAllocatedDescs "/usr/share/zoneinfo" Message-ID: <20140915150103.GH13628@syscon7> References: <20140915144816.GG13628@syscon7> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140915144816.GG13628@syscon7> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020203.5416FF1A.0251,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=2.1 cv=VdzOYjZ9 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=SDcUNfBxAAAA:8 a=BDKbP5mgAAAA:8 a=Unq3plm5DvEA:10 a=M1kyBYkWWGkA:10 a=0VggfJhHL3gA:10 a=GwligqYq7mMA:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=z5KWFNSWP5RVfb_ogGIA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 X-Origin-Country: CA X-Archives-Salt: 132c455c-61d2-4624-8ad3-ccd5c8b3f47a X-Archives-Hash: 57e9e053e5c10885f59773549cdd2808 On 09/15/14 08:48, Joseph wrote: >After upgrade when I try to start postgresql-9.1 I get an error: > >* Starting PostgreSQL ... > * start-stop-daemon: did not create a valid pid in `/var/lib/postgresql/9.1/data/postmaster.pid' > * Check the log for a possible explanation of the above error. > * /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/data/postmaster.log [ !! ] > * ERROR: postgresql-9.1 failed to start > >tail /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/data/postmaster.log >LOG: database system is shut down >FATAL: exceeded maxAllocatedDescs (16) while trying to open directory "/usr/share/zoneinfo" >FATAL: exceeded maxAllocatedDescs (16) while trying to open directory "/usr/share/zoneinfo" In /usr/share/zoneinfo/ I had a link: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Sep 12 19:16 posix -> . Removing this directory allow me to start postgresql but I can not access my database: On my working system the "posix" is not a link it is a directory with the same information (I think as /usr/share/zoneinfo/ -- Joseph