On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> wrote: > Excerpts from VMaury's message of lun oct 25 15:44:01 -0300 2010: > >> This bug has been reported by someone else (in spanish): >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postgresql-8.4/+bug/658857 >> >> However, this install works perfectly once Ubuntu is installed. >> Why is there a difference between install and live? > > Not as far as PostgreSQL is concerned. You should probably take this up > with the Ubuntu packagers. Perhaps it's a problem with the mount > options for the filesystem. > > Hmm, my manpage says that open() could fail with EINVAL if O_DIRECT is > used and not supported by the filesystem. We use O_DIRECT in some > wal_sync_method configurations. Maybe the Ubuntu live is not getting > that flag right. > > I think you should take this up with Martin Pitt, the packager.
If this really is caused by a WAL setting that's incompatible with the filesystem, maybe we should add a HINT. This makes two reports today, plus apparently at least one more on the Ubuntu sight. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
