Sry, forgot to add list. Thom Brown wrote: > > I've done that a couple times, but no effect. I think Tom's point > about a filesystem bug is probably right. Have you rebooted since this started? There may be a process that is holding the pid file 'deleted but present' until the process terminates. If you can't find the process to kill it a reboot would remove all doubt. Just a thought. Bosco. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general