Glyn Astill wrote: > FATAL: the database system is starting up > FATAL: the database system is starting up > FATAL: the database system is starting up > > > As far as I know theres nothing else trying to connect. I think you are using FreeBSD, and default pg_ctl flags in rc.d contains "-w" option, which wait for start/stop to complete. It check this by connecting to postmaster. change postgresql_flags in /etc/rc.conf to: postgresql_flags="-s -m fast" or postgresql_flags="-s -m smart" ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
