Thanks for both responses -- the file contents I sent were from file named postgresql-9.3-main.log.1, and I am assuming this means from the 9.3, not 9.6. Sorry I did not include that earlier. Starting to sousnds like I need to consult Ubuntu user groups. Ken Beck Liberty, Utah, USA On 03/28/2018 10:46 AM, Moreno Andreo wrote: > Il 28/03/2018 18:28, Adrian Klaver ha scritto: >> On 03/28/2018 09:24 AM, Moreno Andreo wrote: >>> Il 27/03/2018 22:57, Adrian Klaver ha scritto: >>>> On 03/27/2018 01:46 PM, Ken Beck wrote: >>>>> I am working on two systems, one running in Oracle VirtualBox on my >>>>> laptop, the other in a DigitalOcean droplet. I know on one of them I >>>>> tried to remove the postgres-9.6, and it must have been my laptop, >>>>> here >>>>> is the output from pg_lsclusters: >>>>> >>>>> Ver Cluster Port Status Owner Data directory Log file >>>>> 9.3 main 5432 down postgres /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main >>>>> /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.3-main.log >>>> >>>> What happens if you do?: >>>> >>>> sudo pg_ctlcluster 9.3 main start >>> If possible, I'll take a look at >>> /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.3-main.log. >>> That may give us a big help to uncover what's goin'on. >> >> See this post: >> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/5bad1f01-d06a-1526-96d2-c9cfd6062a11%40gmail.com >> > Yes I saw it, but I can't say if that log was from 9.3 or 9.6 > cluster... as you can see above he wrote that he had a 9.6, that he > tried to remove, and a 9.3, which was not starting. So it's not clear > to me if the log he sent was from one version or the another... > >> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Moreno.- >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > >