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From: Christoph Haller <ch@rodos.fzk.de>
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Subject: Re: Problem: Postgresql not starting
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> 
> Hi All
> I am using postgresql 7.2 on Linux. It does not start when i am trying th=
> is
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql restart.
> It give an error saying "postmaster already running".
> I have done
> rm -f /var/lib/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid
> and
> rm -f /var/run/postmaster.pid
> 
> But it still says the same. whenever i restart with the above command
> When say "stop" it says failed and when i say "start" it says postmaster
> already running.
> Please help me out
> 
> --m
> 
I've seen the other replies, but IMHO you are not supposed to remove 
/var/lib/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid 
to stop the postmaster but 

kill $(head -n 1 $PGDATA/postmaster.pid)

RTFM 
HTH 

Regards, Christoph