Re: Setting up Postgresql on Linux

Phil Campaigne wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying to use the linux startup script in the contrib directory of
> the distribution. I get the following error in the server log:
>
> LOG: invalid secondary checkpoint record
> PANIC: unable to locate a valid checkpoint record
> LOG: startup process (pid 1480) was terminated by signal 6
> LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure
>
> When I issue the this collamd I get an error:
>
> [postgres(at)hardwoodthunder postgres]$ psql -- v
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
>
> I have added theses lines in postgresql.config:
>
> tcpip_socket = true
> port = 5432
>
> If I isssue the command:
> [postgres(at)hardwoodthunder postgres]$ /etc/init.d/postgres status
> Password:
> pg_ctl: postmaster or postgres is not running
>
> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
> thanks,
> Phil
>
>
>
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Opps! I fixed the above problems by re-initializing and creating a new
data directory. But as I continued I got another error, here's the
printout:

[postgres(at)hardwoodthunder postgres]$ psql testdb
Welcome to psql 7.3.2, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type: \copyright for distribution terms
\h for help with SQL commands
\? for help on internal slash commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
\q to quit

psql: relocation error: psql: undefined symbol: PQgetssl <?????????????

So I set these env variables:
[postgres(at)hardwoodthunder postgres]$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/lib
[postgres(at)hardwoodthunder postgres]$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
[postgres(at)hardwoodthunder postgres]$
[postgres(at)hardwoodthunder postgres]$ PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/bin:$PATH
[postgres(at)hardwoodthunder postgres]$ export PATH

And it works!

[postgres(at)hardwoodthunder postgres]$ psql testdb
Welcome to psql 7.3.4, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type: \copyright for distribution terms
\h for help with SQL commands
\? for help on internal slash commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
\q to quit

testdb=#

MY QUESTION:
These env varialbes are already set in .bash_profile for root and
postgres users. Why do I have to set them manually every time?
thanks,
Phil