Re: [GENERAL] Service startup - troubleshooting

2007-02-12 Thread Andrew J. Kopciuch
> I imagine the configuration was mangled somewhere down the line. > Perhaps I need to reinstall Ubuntu, though it's not something I look > forward to (I already tried uninstalling Postgres and wiping away all > references to it prior to my last install). > > Thanks for taking a look! > > -

Re: [GENERAL] Service startup - troubleshooting

2007-02-12 Thread Mike
Hi Richard, Thanks for your response. Below is a console session (again, this is on Ubuntu). I attempt to run the init script but can't start Postgres and don't see any error messages in the console or output in the log directory. I then switch to the 'postgres' user and can run pg_ctl to start

Re: [GENERAL] Service startup - troubleshooting

2007-02-08 Thread Richard Huxton
Mike wrote: Hello, I know this is probably a borderline Linux question but I think someone with PostgreSQL expertise will better be able to answer it (I already struck out on the Linux side and after much searching on the Web). I installed Postgres 8.1 on Ubuntu 6.10 using Synaptic. Postgres is

[GENERAL] Service startup - troubleshooting

2007-02-08 Thread Mike
Hello, I know this is probably a borderline Linux question but I think someone with PostgreSQL expertise will better be able to answer it (I already struck out on the Linux side and after much searching on the Web). I installed Postgres 8.1 on Ubuntu 6.10 using Synaptic. Postgres is listed under