Re: BUG #8328: Unable to start postgresql on the Debian machine.

"vijayakumar(dot)subas(at)hp(dot)com" <vijayakumar(dot)subas(at)hp(dot)com> wrote:

> We are facing issue when trying to start postgresql on the Debian
> machine.

This is almost certainly not a bug; so it doesn't belong on this
list.  pgsql-general would probably have been the best choice.
Please pick a more appropriate list for any future questions.

http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/

> 2013-07-24 19:16:38 LOG: could not bind IPv4 socket: Permission denied
> 2013-07-24 19:16:38 HINT: Is another postmaster already running on port 5432? If not, wait a few seconds and retry.
> 2013-07-24 19:16:38 WARNING: could not create listen socket for "127.0.0.1"
> 2013-07-24 19:16:38 FATAL: could not create any TCP/IP sockets

Is another postmaster running on port 5432?

You could run any or all of these statements to get insight into that:

lsof -i4TCP(at)127(dot)0(dot)0(dot)1:5432
netstat -plnt | grep ':5432 '
ps aux | grep postgres

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