Re: Problem: Postgresql not starting

Startup scripts for linux hanging around are sometimes
broken.

You better write your own.

O kyrios mohan(at)physics(dot)gmu(dot)edu egrapse stis Nov 26, 2003 :

> Hi All
> I am using postgresql 7.2 on Linux. It does not start when i am trying this
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql restart.
> It give an error saying "postmaster already running".
> I have done
> rm -f /var/lib/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid
> and
> rm -f /var/run/postmaster.pid
>
> But it still says the same. whenever i restart with the above command
> When say "stop" it says failed and when i say "start" it says postmaster
> already running.
> Please help me out
>
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