Yes the postmaster process is running.
nohup postmaster -i >pgserver.log 2>&1 &
The log file is empty until I try to create the database, then it gives the
error.
>> I have already done this, and it completed successfully.
>> There is a /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1 directory with a lot of
pg_
>> files in it.
>You may chceck if postmaster is running...
>mazek