From: | "surabhi(dot)ahuja" <surabhi(dot)ahuja(at)iiitb(dot)ac(dot)in> |
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To: | "Richard Huxton" <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Postmaster failing to start on reboot |
Date: | 2005-11-10 08:28:55 |
Message-ID: | 967CFC4343BF2A4DAFACD026D33DC85118EC89@jal.iiitb.ac.in |
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The error
"If you're sure there are no old server processes
> still running, remove the shared memory block with the command "ipcr
> m", or just delete the file
> "/export/home1/sdc_image_pool/dbx/postmaster.pid".
was looged in the Postgres Log file that i give at the time of starting postmaster.
how do i check my system logs to get further info?
I am sorry i am still in the learning phase .
thanks
Regards
Surabhi
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From: Richard Huxton [mailto:dev(at)archonet(dot)com]
Sent: Wed 11/9/2005 8:23 PM
To: surabhi.ahuja
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postmaster failing to start on reboot
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surabhi.ahuja wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I reboot my machine while postmaster is up.
>
> after the m/c gets rebooted , I grep for the process "postmaster",
> and it does not find it.
>
> So, I try starting postmaster. and it displays the following error
> message: HINT: If you're sure there are no old server processes
> still running, remove the shared memory block with the command "ipcr
> m", or just delete the file
> "/export/home1/sdc_image_pool/dbx/postmaster.pid".
>
> does it means that i will have to delete the postmaster.pid file ..in
> such a scenarion always?
No, only when it doesn't close down properly. Check your system logs to
see what happened.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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