On 21 October 2010 16:50, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > could be reduced to just: > > else > su postgres -c 'postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/data &' > exit 0 > fi > I'm not sure about your comment that manual start attempts fail with > LOG: could not bind IPv4 socket: Address already in use > It's pretty hard to believe that that could occur on a freshly > booted system unless the TCP port was in fact already in use --- > ie, either there *is* a running postmaster, or something else is > using port 5432. I concur on both accounts; I would like to see the output of the actual script, though, when it refuses to start; and also a netstat -anp | grep 5432 Cheers, Andrej -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
