newbiegalore <banerjee.anirban@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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..! Shouldn't take more than a minute to finish initdb, even on very slow hardware. Have you looked to see if anything gets created under /var/lib/pgsql/? In particular, if /var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log exists, looking into that file might tell you something. I'm assuming you're using the standard Fedora RPMs for PG, which at this writing are postgresql-libs-8.2.6-1.fc8 postgresql-8.2.6-1.fc8 postgresql-server-8.2.6-1.fc8 (There are more but this is the minimum set to run a postmaster.) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
