On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:34:26 -0700 "Akhtar Yasmin-B05532" <B05532@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Even the command pg_ctl -D /home/data/www/pg7/data start > Does not start the server, I mean the message I get on running the > command, is: > postmaster successfully started O.k. what does the log say? Joshua D. Drake > > But the status still shows, > pg_ctl: postmaster or postgres is not running > > Also when I try to access psql, it gives me the following error.. > > psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory > Is the server running locally and accepting > connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Drake [mailto:jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:25 PM > To: Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 > Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error > > On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:19:25 -0700 > "Akhtar Yasmin-B05532" <B05532@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > It says, > > pg_ctl: 5432: not found > > postmaster successfully started > > pg_ctl doesn't take a -p argument for the port. -p is reserved for the > path to the postmaster. Try: > > pg_ctl -D /home/data/www/pg7/data start > > 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 > > > -- 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
