Hi all, I am a freshman of PostgreSQL, My env: PG 8.4 on CentOS,I follow the document in the offical site to startup the db server. Here's what I do below, the database cluster is ready, but I can't start the database server.
[root@testbox ~]# service postgresql initdb Data directory is not empty! [FAILED] [root@testbox ~]# service postgresql start Starting postgresql service: [FAILED] -bash-4.1$ postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -bash-4.1$ ps -ef |grep postgres root 2710 2585 0 21:52 pts/1 00:00:00 su - postgres postgres 2711 2710 0 21:52 pts/1 00:00:00 -bash postgres 2752 2711 0 21:55 pts/1 00:00:00 ps -ef postgres 2753 2711 0 21:55 pts/1 00:00:00 grep postgres -bash-4.1$ postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/data > binlog 2>&1 & -bash-4.1$ ps -ef |grep postgres root 2710 2585 0 21:52 pts/1 00:00:00 su - postgres postgres 2711 2710 0 21:52 pts/1 00:00:00 -bash postgres 2768 2711 1 21:59 pts/1 00:00:00 ps -ef postgres 2769 2711 0 21:59 pts/1 00:00:00 grep postgres I wonder why I can't start the database? Do I have some place to see the log file. Hope anybody can help me. Thanks. -- Best wishes, Jason Ma
