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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:21:03 -0600
From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
To: "100-eti" <100-eti@csc-scc.gc.ca>,<pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Postgres service won't start, doesn't log any
	 errors
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100-eti <100-eti@csc-scc.gc.ca> wrote:
 
> Not sure if this helps, but the Services dialogue I get now is:
> 
> "The postgresql-9.0 - PostGreSQL Server 9.0 service on Local
> Computer started and then stopped.  Some services stop
> automatically if they have no work to do, for example, the
> Performance Logs and Alerts service."
> 
> In my case it starts, then stops.  There is data in the data
> directory, so I can only assume that the database is
> initialized...  Also, the password is correct for the service.
 
There is probably a log file somewhere which will tell you what the
problem is.  If the log information is being thrown away, you may
need to try starting PostgreSQL from a command line and specifying
the log file.  Without information from the log, we would only be
guessing.
 
-Kevin