| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "J S B" <jsbali(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Martijn van Oosterhout" <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: invalid data in PID file |
| Date: | 2006-10-11 20:29:26 |
| Message-ID: | 27392.1160598566@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"J S B" <jsbali(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Then i try to start postgres again and it gives me the same error:
> LOG: could not bind IPv4 socket: Address already in use
> HINT: Is another postmaster already running on port 5432? If not, wait a
> few seconds and retry.
Um, have you tried waiting a bit as the hint suggests?
If the port is still claimed after a minute or two, then there must be
some process holding onto it. netstat and/or lsof might help you find
out what.
regards, tom lane
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