Solved Problem for Postmaster

This solved my problem...
Thank-you

Sean.

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You are probably not telling Postgres to run in the background. You should
use the -S parameter. IE: postgres -S -i -D /usr/local/pgsql/data

For full info on the startup options, do a man postmaster from your
shell. Or take a look at the administration docs.

At 01:05 PM 7/14/00, Sean Alphonse wrote:
>Pressing enter doesn't solve the problem.
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>Sean.
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>On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 10:04:04AM -0500, Sean Alphonse wrote:
> > Hello.
> > I am using PostgreSQL version 7.0.2 with RedHat 6.1. When I start up the
> > postmaster at the prompt, I get the following response and the session
>hangs
> > and doesn't return to the prompt but I am able to use my databases and
> > PostgreSQL. Is this normal or correct? If not, what should I do to fix
>this
> > problem?
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>Hit "enter". You'll find you actually do have a prompt.
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>A
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