Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 8 Dec 2008, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> I upgraded the distribution on my system and am now having problems >> opening a local application. /var/log/apache/error.log shows: > > More insight. When I stop the postmaster I see this: > > [root@salmo ~]# /etc/rc.d/rc.postgresql stop Shutting down PostgreSQL... > pg_ctl: invalid data in PID file "/var/lib/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid" Wow. Is this Gentoo by chance? -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general