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Re: Socket problem using beta2 on Windows-XP


  • From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
  • To: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, "Thomas Hallgren" <thhal(at)mailblocks(dot)com>
  • Cc: "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: Socket problem using beta2 on Windows-XP
  • Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:44:39 +0200
  • Message-id: <6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE92E6E2(at)algol(dot)sollentuna(dot)se>

> > 2. It happens while the postmaster is idle. If I leave it 
> idle for a 
> > while and then come back, I'll have a whole bunch of new 
> processes in 
> > my task-manager and zombies in tcpview.
> 
> Hmm ... how many processes?  Did you enable autovacuum 
> perchance?  If so, does the number of processes correspond 
> approximately to the "autovacuum_naptime"?

IIRC, the win32 installer will enable autovacuum by default. And yes,
autovacuum was my first thought as well after Thomas last mail - that
would be a good explanation to why it happens when the postmaster is
idle.

//Magnus



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