Hi Christoph,

Christoph Lehnberger [2008-10-16  1:31 +0200]:
> Stopping PostgreSQL 8.3 database server: mainError: Invalid data directory 
> failed!

That would be it. Apparently you had installed postgresql before and
still had configuration in /etc/postgresql/8.3/main? You can use 

  pg_lsclusters

to display existing configuration. If it is old cruft, use
"pg_dropcluster 8.3 main" (or a simple rm -r) to clean up first.

Martin


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