On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 09:53:37AM -0400, Bobb Shields wrote: > ps ax | grep postmaster does not return anything. I don't know what it > should return anyways... > > I tried to start postgres by su'ing from root to " - postgres", and running > postmaster. I get an error that says that the lock file already exists, and > asks whether another instance of postmaster is already running. Since you already confirmed that there isn't (because ps ax | grep postmaster returned empty), you can delete the PID file mentioned in the error message and retry. After it's up, try the ps | grep trick again and see what it looks like, just so you know what it should look like under normal operation. -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[@]dcc.uchile.cl>) "Endurecerse, pero jamás perder la ternura" (E. Guevara)
