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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:12:46 -0500
From: Paul Anderson <paul.a@pnlassociates.com>
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To: Major Services <services.major@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Restart failed with 'service postgresql restart'
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For me, postmaster.pid is in the same directory as postgresql.conf.  Do 
you still get the message about the pid file when you try to start?

Paul

On 3/2/10 11:28 PM, Major Services wrote:
> 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<paul.a@pnlassociates.com>  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  *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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