On Monday 04 May 2009 4:29:27 am Grzegorz Buś wrote: > When I run separately start/stop commands I still get "could not bind > socket" message: > > # service postgresql stop > Stopping postgresql service: [ OK ] > # netstat -plunt | grep 5432 > # ps -A | grep postmaster > # rm /var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log > rm: remove regular file `/var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log'? y > # service postgresql start > Starting postgresql service: [ OK ] > # cat /var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log > LOG: could not bind IPv4 socket: Address already in use > HINT: Is another postmaster already running on port 5432? If not, wait a > few seconds and retry. > > -- > Kind Regards, > Grzegorz Bus > > -----Original Message----- > In my /tmp directory I have the following when the server is running. These files are removed on shutdown. When you do your shutdown, check and see if they are still there and what there timestamp is. Could be there are left over files from your previous version. /tmp$ srwxrwxrwx 1 postgres postgres 0 2009-05-04 05:51 .s.PGSQL.5432 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 27 2009-05-04 05:51 .s.PGSQL.5432.lock -- Adrian Klaver aklaver@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
