Thara Vadakkeveedu wrote: > ps –edf shows no postgres processes: > -bash-4.1$ ps -edf | grep postgres > root 6412 6249 0 18:22 pts/0 00:00:00 su - postgres > postgres 6413 6412 0 18:22 pts/0 00:00:00 -bash > postgres 6465 6413 1 18:27 pts/0 00:00:00 ps -edf > postgres 6466 6413 0 18:27 pts/0 00:00:00 grep postgres Ok. > Ran the following command as postgres user > -bash-4.1$ /usr/pgsql-9.2/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/9.2/data > > pgstartup.log is empty > > -bash-4.1$ pwd > /var/lib/pgsql/9.2 > -bash-4.1$ ls > backups data logfile pgstartup.log > -bash-4.1$ ls -al > total 20 > drwx------. 4 postgres postgres 4096 Sep 23 18:21 . > drwx------. 3 postgres postgres 4096 Sep 23 18:18 .. > drwx------. 2 postgres postgres 4096 Apr 1 19:41 backups > drwx------. 15 postgres postgres 4096 Sep 23 18:28 data > -rw-------. 1 postgres postgres 409 Sep 22 11:44 logfile > -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 0 Sep 23 18:20 pgstartup.log > -bash-4.1$ > > Is there something else I can try? Yes. Look how logging is configured in /var/lib/pgsql/9.2/data/postgresql.conf (parameters log_destination, logging_collector, log_directory, log_filename). Find the log file and see what is in there. > I don’t have any data to restore. This is an installation which is only a couple of weeks old. I can > uninstall and reinstall if that is easier. I don't know if that would solve the problem. > Where can I find the uninstaller ? How did you install PostgreSQL? Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
