Received: from makus.postgresql.org (makus.postgresql.org [98.129.198.125]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF4E91486DE1 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2012 01:22:13 -0400 (AST) Received: from asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net ([207.145.128.243]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RtuYF-0000WP-Gm for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:22:12 +0000 Received: from mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.53]) by asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B400A70A1D for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:21:56 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 21997 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2012 05:21:56 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 5269, pid: 11768, t: 1.2219s scanners: clamav: 0.88.2/m:52/d:13495 spam: 3.0.4 Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.2.17]) (sribe@elevated-dev.com@[63.227.17.6]) (envelope-sender ) by mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES128-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 5 Feb 2012 05:21:55 -0000 Subject: Re: Starting postgres server on mac os x 10.6.8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:21:53 -0700 Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: To: Andrew Barinov X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on mail8.sea5 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.4 X-Pg-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Archive-Number: 201202/20 X-Sequence-Number: 39080 Find the log file and see what it says. On Feb 4, 2012, at 9:50 PM, Andrew Barinov wrote: > Why is the postgres not starting? -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com http://www.elevated-dev.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice