Steffen Macke wrote: > [PostgreSQL 8.0beta1 on Windows 2000 Professional] > > In case of a leftover postmaster.pid, pg_ctl start > tries to start anyway, > but pg_ctl runservice (as installer by the PostgreSQL > Windows installer) will not start the service, requiring a manual > removal of postmaster.pid. > > Apparently no proper error code is returned on the service startup > failure - I couldn't get the service > recovery options to delete postmaster.pid (Tried batchfile and executable).
Yes, this pid file is a known problem we are researching. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
