It says, pg_ctl: 5432: not found postmaster successfully started But when I check the status, by using the command pg_ctl status, Its says, pg_ctl: postmaster or postgres is not running Any idea when the postmaster.pid file is created?, because after giving the start command I cannot see the .pid file in the directory it is supposed to be. Logically, I am assuming that, when the start command is given, pg_ctl start, the postmaster.pid file gets created. But this does not happen in my case, is there a way to debug, whether any script has gotten corrupted? -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Drake [mailto:jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:13 PM To: Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:58:45 -0700 "Akhtar Yasmin-B05532" <B05532@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am using the following command to start the database: > > pg_ctl start -p 5432 -D /home/data/www/pg7/data > > Yes I know, 7.2 is a very old version, but that's what we have to work > with for now.. So what does your logging say? Joshua D. Drake -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
