Jordz <jordan.d.carter@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I have just moved to rackspacecloud and created a Ubuntu 9.10 server. > Moved everything over all fine (7-10 wordpress sites). Now I have a > couple rails apps that need to move over and run on postgresql 8.4. > I installed postgresql via sudo apt-get as per usual. Usually at this > point the postgresql server starts up and I can forget about it. But > no luck. I booted it by running /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.4 start. When > I run that command it boots fine, I can connect via psql no trouble. Usually, just installing a package is not enough to make it autostart at boot --- if that were true then people could never safely "install everything". I think you missed a step. On Red Hat systems you'd need something like "sudo chkconfig postgresql on"; probably Ubuntu is similar. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin