Re: start/stop error message

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: David <lists(at)theflorys(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: start/stop error message
Date: 2008-11-20 14:52:58
Message-ID: 492579CA.5040408@gmx.net
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David wrote:
> david(at)kepler:/etc/init.d$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.2 start
> * Starting PostgreSQL 8.2 database server
> * Error: specified cluster does not exist
> [fail]
>
> and the same error when passing "stop"
>
> The cluster clearly exists and is recognized by pg_ctl. As a result
> PostgreSQL does not start with the system and must be started and
> stopped manually.

I can imagine that you have some unsupported mixture of package
installation and manually created cluster. But it is hard to tell
without more detail.

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