Hi all, If I turn use_watchdog = off in the pgpool.conf file, then in spite of the system being configured as master-slave, a socket file is created in /tmp, and everything starts normally with no errors. If, however, I set use_watchdog = on, pgpool will abort on startup with the following errors: 2014-05-08 14:40:22 ERROR: pid 32893: watchdog: wd_init failed 2014-05-08 14:40:22 ERROR: pid 32893: wd_main error 2014-05-08 14:40:22 ERROR: pid 32893: unlink(/tmp/.s.PGSQL.9898) failed: No such file or directory It seems pretty consistent doing this, and I can flip use_watchdog on and off and the same behavior repeating. Any ideas? -- Jay -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Pgpool-starting-problem-tp5803276.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com.