Johann Spies wrote: >I got this message when my computer rebooted. > >FATAL: StreamServerPort: bind() failed: Permission denied > Is another postmaster already running on that port? > If not, remove socket node (/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432) and retry. >/usr/lib/postgresql/bin/postmaster: cannot create UNIX stream port > >But there is no /tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 > >Trying to start postgresql as root gives the same message.
...so it is presumably not a permissions problem with /tmp. Please run postmaster through strace (add it to the command in postgresql-startup) and post the output for a little while before the failure (perhaps from the socket() call); that might give some clues. Please try also `lsof | grep 5432' and see what you get. (That should report any existing use of port 5432.) lsof is (for me) in package lsof-2.2. I think you have to install the correct version for your kernel. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not." Proverbs 1:10