Re: Postgres does not start, gives no error

--- On Wed, 9/3/08, Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 <B05532(at)freescale(dot)com> wrote:

> From: Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 <B05532(at)freescale(dot)com>
> Subject: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 7:11 PM
> HI,
>
> I am facing this peciliar problem.I am using postgres 7.2.2
> installed on
> solaris.
> It has been running very well since all the time, until
> somebody tried
> to stop it. Using the command
>
> Now it does not start.
> On giving the start command its says:
>
> /home/data/www/pg7/bin/pg_ctl: 5432: not found
> postmaster successfully started
>
> But when i check the status, it says postmaster is not
> running.
>
> Also, if I try to stop it, i get the expected error:
>
> pg_ctl: cannot find /home/data/www/pg7/data/postmaster.pid
> Is postmaster running?

exist the file postmaster.pid in your directory?
>
> I have realised that when I give the start command, even
> though the msg
> is successfully started, the postmaster.pid file is not
> created..
>
> Am i missing something.?
> Any help will be appreciated.