> From: Craig Ringer [mailto:ring...@ringerc.id.au] > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 7:53 PM > > On 10/09/2011 4:59 AM, Jerome Schulteis wrote: > > The following bug has been logged online: > > > > Bug reference: 6201 > > Logged by: Jerome Schulteis > > Email address: jerome.schult...@edstrom.com > > PostgreSQL version: 9.0.4 > > Operating system: Windows XP Pro SP3 > > Description: Windows User Log Off Causes Backend Exception > 0xC0000142 > > Details: > > > > It does not happen on every log off, but if the Windows console user > > logs off of the server at just the wrong time while a backend is > > starting up, the backend terminates with exception 0xC0000142 > > (STATUS_DLL_INIT_FAILED), and the PostgreSQL Windows service stops > > (shared memory block is still in use): > I wonder which DLL failed? It seems that PostgreSQL doesn't print the > message the operating system generates for these errors. For example, it > should be printing: > > "{DLL Initialization Failed} Initialization of the dynamic link library %hs > failed. > The process is terminating abnormally." > > ... where %hs is the DLL name or path. I should have a play with that once I > finish moving house... > > > Do you have any antivirus or antimalware products on the system?
This was on a VirtualBox VM with no antivirus; originally seen on a real machine running ESET 4.0. > Do you have a Logitech webcam? Their webcam effects app adds a hook DLL > to every process on the system, and I've seen it cause issues with MinGW > among other things before. There is no webcam on the system. > If you launch a trivial process like "notepad.exe" then launch Process > Explorer from SysInternals, select notepad.exe and press control-D to > show the DLL list, what non-Microsoft DLLs are shown? You can copy and > paste the list. All of the DLLs for notepad.exe are either Microsoft or .nls. > If you examine a running postgres.exe backend (one of the processess > listed UNDER the main "postgres.exe" which is the postmaster) the same > way, what non-Microsoft DLLs are shown there? Note that you may have to > run Process Explorer as administrator to view the DLL list for > postgres.exe. Ignore any DLLs ending in ".NLS" . > > For bonus points, verify each Microsoft DLL as having a valid signature > by double-clicking on it in the list, and report any DLLs that fail > verification. All Microsoft DLLs verified. The following are all of the non-Microsoft non-.nls DLLs: iconv.dll LGPLed libiconv for Windows NT/2000/XP and Windows 95/98/ME Free Software Foundation 1.9.0.0 libeay32.dll OpenSSL Shared Library The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/ 0.9.8.12 libiconv-2.dll LGPLed libiconv for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista and Windows 95/98/ME Free Software Foundation 1.12.0.0 libintl-8.dll LGPLed libintl for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista and Windows 95/98/ME Free Software Foundation 0.17.0.0 libxml2.dll postgres.exe PostgreSQL Server PostgreSQL Global Development Group 9.0.4.11104 ssleay32.dll OpenSSL Shared Library The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/ 0.9.8.12 zlib1.dll zlib data compression library 1.2.3.0 > -- > Craig Ringer Thanks for looking into this. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs