> >>Things to check when PostgreSQL doesn't seem to start: >>... >>In your case, if PostgreSQL is hanging, I would suspect that the problem >>is likely to be with something else. Hopefully there would be info in >>the serverlog that would help. >> >> > >What I'm guessing is that the server started just fine, but the Debian >initscript is trying to connect to it (to verify that it started) and >that's failing because of the change in authentication options. You >might have to remove the -w option from pg_ctl, or some such, in the >script ... or else fix things so that root is allowed to connect ... > > To fix this you will ideally want to be familiar enough with the init script system to be able to edit it. In most distros (never used Debian) it is in /etc/init.d/ and is named something like postgresql. Look in there. If you can't figure it out, you can post it in the email. I will do to check about it. But I am not sure if I can fix something as I am new to Debian too,:( just installed it last week, one of the purpose is to use postgresql. Unfortunately, only a beginner at this time for both systems.:( I may post back the info of the init file, I know there is postgresql in the init.d directory. And hope to get your further help from that. Thanks!!! leo
