Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEB329FA5D8 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 01:32:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 57125-01 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 01:32:54 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D60199F9316 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 01:32:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k934WmCN019537; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 00:32:48 -0400 (EDT) To: Bryce Nesbitt cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: LOG: logger shutting down In-reply-to: <4521E1AF.7050708@obviously.com> References: <4521E1AF.7050708@obviously.com> Comments: In-reply-to Bryce Nesbitt message dated "Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:06:07 -0700" Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:32:48 -0400 Message-ID: <19536.1159849968@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.093 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200610/12 X-Sequence-Number: 26401 Bryce Nesbitt writes: > My postmaster won't start. This is on a Fedora Core fc5 box, new and clean. > It's postgres 8.1.4. All I get is "LOG: logger shutting down" in the > pgstartup.log. My first instinct is to think selinux issue. Are you up2date on selinux policy patches? A restorecon on the postgres executables and everything under /var/lib/pgsql might help. regards, tom lane