Hi Richard, Thanks for your response. Below is a console session (again, this is on Ubuntu). I attempt to run the init script but can't start Postgres and don't see any error messages in the console or output in the log directory. I then switch to the 'postgres' user and can run pg_ctl to start Postgres. I imagine the configuration was mangled somewhere down the line. Perhaps I need to reinstall Ubuntu, though it's not something I look forward to (I already tried uninstalling Postgres and wiping away all references to it prior to my last install). Thanks for taking a look! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- myuser@mycomputer:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 status Password: Version Cluster Port Status Owner Data directory Log file myuser@mycomputer:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 start -D /usr/ local/pgsql/data myuser@mycomputer:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 status Version Cluster Port Status Owner Data directory Log file myuser@mycomputer:~$ ls -a /var/log/postgresql . .. myuser@mycomputer:~$ su postgres Password: postgres@mycomputer:/home/myuser$ /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 start -D / usr/local/pgsql/data postgres@mycomputer:/home/myuser$ /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 status Version Cluster Port Status Owner Data directory Log file postgres@mycomputer:/home/myuser$ pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data start could not change directory to "/home/myuser" postmaster starting postgres@mycomputer:/home/myuser$ LOG: database system was shut down at 2007-02-08 14:08:58 EST LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/4BCDD4 LOG: redo record is at 0/4BCDD4; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE LOG: next transaction ID: 1492; next OID: 16740 LOG: next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0 LOG: database system is ready LOG: transaction ID wrap limit is 2147484146, limited by database "postgres"
