A few things: 1. Running /etc/init.d/postgresql start as root? 2. su - postgres; less initlog (see whats in there, paste if u see errors) If you can find errors, paste the log on a pastebin site and send to me to look further, or somebody else. Regards, Pedram M. On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 16:35 -0800, gunartha wrote: > hi, > > I had installed suse 10.1 with postgres, but when i try to enable > server from yast i get message like this : > > /etc/init.d/postgresql start returned 1 (unspecified error): > Initializing the PostgreSQL database at > location /var/lib/pgsql/dataYou can find a log of the initialisation > in ~postgres/initlog . > > > How to resolve this problem, please help me > > thank you for your attention > > regards > nyoman/Bali ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend