X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A65DD1B4C0 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:31:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 60109-08 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:31:12 -0400 (AST) Received: from physics.gmu.edu (physics.gmu.edu [129.174.44.73]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AF0BD1B445 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:31:08 -0400 (AST) Received: from physics.gmu.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by physics.gmu.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hAQFTCFX017873 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:29:12 -0500 From: mohan@physics.gmu.edu Received: (from apache@localhost) by physics.gmu.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id hAQFTC6l017871; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:29:12 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: physics.gmu.edu: apache set sender to mohan@physics.gmu.edu using -f Received: from 138.88.163.115 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mohan) by physics.gmu.edu with HTTP; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:29:12 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <64655.138.88.163.115.1069860552.squirrel@physics.gmu.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:29:12 -0500 (EST) Subject: Problem: Postgresql not starting To: X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/290 X-Sequence-Number: 16105 Hi All I am using postgresql 7.2 on Linux. It does not start when i am trying this /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