The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 5723 Logged by: Marcus Email address: marcusboos...@mailinator.com PostgreSQL version: 9.0.1 Operating system: Ubuntu 10.10 Description: Can not start postgres after install Details:
A user installing from source to a local directory. Builds and installs fine, but panics when starting the server. uname -a: Linux myname 2.6.35-22-server #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 22:02:33 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux Tried on ext3 and ext4 filesystems. ./configure --prefix=$HOME/opt/postgres ... (good) ./make && make install ... (good) $HOME/opt/postgresql/bin/pg_ctl -D $HOME/var/pgsql/data start server starting LOG: database system was shut down at 2010-10-25 01:09:49 EDT PANIC: could not open file "pg_xlog/000000010000000000000000" (log file 0, segment 0): Invalid argument LOG: startup process (PID 5010) was terminated by signal 6: Aborted LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
