Received: from maia.hub.org (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B934632B31 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 03:21:31 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 55718-02 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:21:21 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail-ww0-f46.google.com (mail-ww0-f46.google.com [74.125.82.46]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEA21632555 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2010 03:21:10 -0400 (AST) Received: by wwa36 with SMTP id 36so600906wwa.19 for ; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:21:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=aeEG19y9zbnZCm7Fb8amuz9Fk9ZsEHiIBN3GnXprf2Y=; b=HdCyyIJad1ZxcPBb0U83wQxj8/7S9O8uobp54DpzuDUY22VbyciALsyK8+Qf5R0nFH wAx6LaZzPy0TtX6JZEd9WZ8B98LI9q+rIV8tknqlhXFUv2Nf/iNfelY32Gjt7ZkgWYC5 EjewIu7b8tQw8b0vhOFGCnjqA2f34Bja6ucuU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=LmYoDQkdUywkTCwbTtyyTJADYq+1UhjUmHWR8lgAVhljjkSDzjf871xBSxdiVxVBzo 9QR8Ip7A99JDsTr3biNyUKB9Ztucb1ZInHUEqclH4sNFwRI2a3V2/594h3ExcNSO0NeU tvk7wRQG2h/he9mUrBM0OunyNdlxfDZbBw99Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.159.204 with SMTP id s54mr255301wek.99.1267600869584; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:21:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <375c2da1003022028t7a6949f6pa881ff03ce0bb585@mail.gmail.com> References: <375c2da1003020843w6c46d204n6582926726b1fd50@mail.gmail.com> <4B8D42DA.7010801@pnlassociates.com> <375c2da1003022028t7a6949f6pa881ff03ce0bb585@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:51:09 +0530 Message-ID: <375c2da1003022321n32d9bc09vac2466ff63f8b428@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Restart failed with 'service postgresql restart' From: Major Services To: Paul Anderson Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.599 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-2.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201003/22 X-Sequence-Number: 33821 'pg_ctl status' returns 'neither postmaster nor postgres running'. Looking for help restart postgres. Thanks On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Major Services w= rote: > Where to look for postmaster.pid? > It is not in the data directory. There is one file postmaster.opts there. > > Should I try running 'pg_ctl start -l logfile' ? > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Paul Anderson = wrote: >> 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 =A0*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 >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) >> To make changes to your subscription: >> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin >> >