Re: [GENERAL] When starting postgres, it hangs like it is still connected to stdout

2014-01-07 Thread Susan Cassidy
The initdb command said I could use that command, but pg_ctl works fine now. I should have tried that before. I have always used pg_ctl in the past, don't know why I just went with the postgres command. Thanks, Susan On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Shaun Thomas wrote: > > When I start postgr

Re: [GENERAL] When starting postgres, it hangs like it is still connected to stdout

2014-01-07 Thread Joe Van Dyk
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Susan Cassidy < susan.cass...@decisionsciencescorp.com> wrote: > When I start postgres using postgres -D $PGDATA, it hangs, and I see that > postgres and all the other attendant processes are running, but I never get > my prompt back. > > If I hit ctl/C, postgres e

Re: [GENERAL] When starting postgres, it hangs like it is still connected to stdout

2014-01-07 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 07/01/2014 19:47, Susan Cassidy wrote: > When I start postgres using postgres -D $PGDATA, it hangs, and I see > that postgres and all the other attendant processes are running, but I > never get my prompt back. > > If I hit ctl/C, postgres ends running. > > I can't seem to figure out why. You

Re: [GENERAL] When starting postgres, it hangs like it is still connected to stdout

2014-01-07 Thread Shaun Thomas
> When I start postgres using postgres -D $PGDATA, it hangs, and I see that > postgres and all the other attendant processes are running, but I never > get my prompt back. Don't start PostgreSQL with the 'postgres' command. That's the name of the actual server process. You want to use the control

[GENERAL] When starting postgres, it hangs like it is still connected to stdout

2014-01-07 Thread Susan Cassidy
When I start postgres using postgres -D $PGDATA, it hangs, and I see that postgres and all the other attendant processes are running, but I never get my prompt back. If I hit ctl/C, postgres ends running. I can't seem to figure out why. This is postgres 9.2. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Susa