Hi, I've got a development virtual server which matches live exactly except for the fact that Postgres is running on a different port which is not used by anything else. Postgres was running fine until I updated postgresql.conf to enhance logging and make better use of system resources. Here's the problem: # /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 restart * Stopping PostgreSQL (this can take up to 90 seconds) ... pg_ctl: PID file "/var/lib/postgresql/8.3/data/postmaster.pid" does not exist Is server running? * Some clients did not disconnect within 30 seconds. * Going to shutdown the server anyway. pg_ctl: PID file "/var/lib/postgresql/8.3/data/postmaster.pid" does not exist Is server running? * Shutting down the server gracefully failed. * Forcing it to shutdown which leads to a recover-run on next startup. pg_ctl: PID file "/var/lib/postgresql/8.3/data/postmaster.pid" does not exist Is server running? * Forced shutdown failed!!! Something is wrong with your system, please take care of it manually. [ ok ] * Starting PostgreSQL ... waiting for server to start...............................................................could not start server [ !! ] * The pid-file doesn't exist but pg_ctl reported a running server. * Please check whether there is another server running on the same port or read the log-file. If you're curious, the settings I changed in postgresql.conf are as follows: OLD: shared_buffers = 24MB NEW: shared_buffers = 128MB OLD: #log_destination = 'stderr' NEW: log_destination = 'stderr' OLD: #logging_collector = off NEW: logging_collector = on OLD: #log_directory = 'pg_log' NEW: log_directory = '/var/log/pg_log' OLD: #log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log' NEW: log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d.log' OLD: #log_rotation_age = 1d NEW: log_rotation_age = 1d OLD: #log_min_duration_statement = -1 NEW: log_min_duration_statement = 0 OLD: #log_duration = off NEW: log_duration = on OLD: #log_line_prefix = '' NEW: log_line_prefix = '%t [%p]: [%l-1] ' Note that the live and development configs are identical except for the port number. Netstat data # netstat -a Active Internet connections (servers and established) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State tcp 0 0 localhost:mysql *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 *:39571 *:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 [::]:http-alt [::]:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 [::]:http [::]:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 [::]:ssh [::]:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 [::]:https [::]:* LISTEN tcp6 0 732 linode-dev.prehisto:ssh 217.154.203.18:4244 ESTABLISHED udp 0 0 *:779 *:* udp 0 0 *:32781 *:* udp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* Active UNIX domain sockets (servers and established) Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node Path unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 7294 @/tmp/fam-root- unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 1745591 /var/run/cgisock.19119 unix 2 [ ] DGRAM 179 @/org/kernel/udev/udevd unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 6073 /dev/log unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 7275 /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.sock unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 88239 /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1799425 /dev/log unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1799424 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1799422 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1799421 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1746483 /dev/log unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1746482 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1746384 /dev/log unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 1746382 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 7427 /dev/log unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 7426 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 7298 @/tmp/fam-root- unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 7295 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6511 /dev/log unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6508 I'm sure I've had this problem before (a few months ago on my home PC) and never did solve it. If anyone can offer some insight I'd be grateful. Thanks Thom -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general