Re: FATAL 1 at startup time.

Hernan Nunez <hnunez(at)vianetworks(dot)com(dot)ar> writes:
> /usr/local/bin/pg_ctl start -w -D /usr/local/db/pgsql/data -l /var/log/pgsql
> waiting for postmaster to start...
> Oct 25 13:26:51 ns6j postgres[4370]: [1] FATAL 1: The database system is
> starting up
> Oct 25 13:26:51 ns6j postgres[4370]: [1] FATAL 1: The database system is
> starting up

I don't think there's a problem here; those log messages just reflect
pg_ctl's probes to see if the database is up yet. It is a little odd
that they're appearing on your console, though, seeing that you used
the -l switch; I'd have expected them to show up only in /var/log/pgsql.

regards, tom lane