On 13-06-19 10:16 AM, jmfox180 wrote: so i tried to do a /usr/local/pgsql.old/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql.old/data start LOG: database system was shut down at 2013-06-19 08:10:51 CST LOG: database system is ready to accept connections LOG: autovacuum launcher started it got stuck there ^^ the i tried to /usr/local/pgsql.old/bin/psql -p 5432 and it turns that psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"? so basically i just moved the whole pgsql8.3.2 that i had to a new folder which is pgsql.old with sudo mv etc,etc but i can not turn on the 8.3 server, i did try to start the new one (9.2.4) and yes i can. any idea? -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/PG-UPGRADE-issues-this-utility-can-only-upgrade-to-postgresql-version-9-2-tp5759509p5759873.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - admin mailing list archive at Nabble.com. Does the file /var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock exist on the system you're trying to upgrade ? If so, what's inside (cat it), does it point to your /usr/local/pgsql.old/data directory? I've found that in my (limited) experience with pg_upgrade, it's good to run the upgrade from /tmp directory, that way the lock file gets created there and usually there's no write permission problems in /tmp either :) Ziggy |