From: Newsticker <newstickerho@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Restart failed with 'service postgresql restart'
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:02:52 +0100
Message-ID: <024a01caba32$9b454620$d1cfd260$@com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B8D42DA.7010801@pnlassociates.com>
References: <375c2da1003020843w6c46d204n6582926726b1fd50@mail.gmail.com>
<4B8D42DA.7010801@pnlassociates.com>
Hi
There is a nice entry at the Postgres archive.
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2004-08/msg01624.php
did you remove the /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock files??
Maybee it helps
Greets
ho
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[mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] Im Auftrag von Paul Anderson
Gesendet: Dienstag, 02. März 2010 17:55
An: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Betreff: Re: [ADMIN] Restart failed with 'service postgresql restart'
After verifying that the postmaster was not running you did remove the
postmaster.pid file, right?
FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid"already exists
On 3/2/10 11:43 AM, Major Services wrote:
> Help me start the server.
> As I mentioned in an earlier post today (subject: password
> authentication failed for user postgres), 'service postgresql restart'
> had stopped the server but *server
> start failed*.
>
> Step wise list of commands to be given would be great!
> Do I need to login as postgres?
>
> Being new to PostgreSQL, am looking for some hand-holding.
>
> Thanks
> Viv
>
>
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