Hello everyone :-) , I've just started to get to grips with pgsql and am facing a small issue. I would appreciate any pointers / ideas about how to get around it :-) . When I installed FC8 on my machine, I installed the pgsql package via the package installer, and then tried to start the service by using the service manager. The message I got was "you need to initalize the cluster first run service postgresql initdb" When I use this command $> service postgresql initdb nothing really happens. The display says, initializing database and then nothing. I've waited for 10 minutes at a stretch and CPU/memory utilization doesn't seem to be going out of the window implying some major processing of some sort..! If I use $>service postgresql restart I get Stopping postgresql service: and then nothing, the processing does not finish. Extra info: I ran the command as root, I plan to change to another user when I get the db going to create and use the db. Thanks in advance for any help, -A ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster