I am left today, after an upgrade I think (Fedora 23 --> 24) with a broken postgresql. It used to work very well. The service is started with the systemd unit file. I have now this error: ----------------- postgres@thetradinghall ➤➤ systemd/system % /usr/libexec/postgresql-ctl start -D /db/pgsql/data -s -w -t 270 FATAL: 22023: database files are incompatible with server DETAIL: The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 9.4, which is not compatible with this version 9.5.3. ----------------------- Googling it gave me some entries, but I couldn't find any clear explanation and how to solve. It seems I need to initiate a new database, but thereafter is not clear (how to use my old data and conf files pg_hba and pg_ident). Thank you for hints/links how to solve this issue. -- google.com/+arnaudgabourygabx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general