> i can't start my postgres server!!
> I've a Mandrake 9.0 and i installed postgres width Mandrake DrakConf...
> So i hope the installation was fine because i told me so...
>
> Then i became root and give the command: "/etc/init.d/postgres start"
> It responds: "Starting postgres service: [FAILED]".
Have a look in the log file. I suppose, it wasn't enabled by default. Edit
you /etc/init.d/postgres file and add '-l logfile' option to the pg_ctl
start and stop commands. Get back if you have problems still.
regards,
bhuvaneswaran