> I tried installing postgre 7.3... Since the Gentoo distro I'm using is > largely automated, there are config scripts to take care of copying the > files to the right place and so on, the config is all default values. I > should also mention it compiles all the software on the spot. So I installed > postgre but I can't seem to be able to start the server. Running > /etc/init.d/postgresql start shows a fail code but no error message. Also, > there are no logs, the path declared in the conf file at > /etc/conf.d/postgresql (/var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.log) doesn't > exist (file isn't there) so I've no idea how to retrieve the error message. > > > /etc/conf.d/postgresql.... > > === > > # PostgreSQL's Database Directory > PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data > > # Logfile path: (NOTE: This must be uid/gid owned by the value of $PGUSER!) > PGLOG=/var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql.log > > # Run the PostgreSQL user as: > PGUSER=postgres > > # Extra options to run postmaster with. > # If you want to enable TCP/IP for PostgreSQL, add -i to the following: > PGOPTS="-N 1024 -B 2048" > > === > > > /etc/init.d/postgresql... > > === > > depend() { > need net > } > > start() { > ebegin "Starting postgres" > su - $PGUSER -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl start -D '$PGDATA' -s -l > '$PGLOG' -o '$PGOPTS'" > eend $? > } > > stop () { > ebegin "Stopping postgres" > su - $PGUSER -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl stop -D '$PGDATA' -s -m fast" > eend $? > } > > svc_restart () { > ebegin "Restarting postgres" > su - $PGUSER -c "/usr/bin/pg_ctl restart -D '$PGDATA' -s -m fast -l > '$PGLOG' -o '$PGOPTS'" > eend $? > } > > === > > Running the command from the init file above on the command line gives no > return value but it still doesn't start the server. > > I tried running /usr/bin/pg_ctl status -D '/var/lib/postgresql/data' and it > tells me the server isn't running but I still don't know why. > > $PGDATA and its subdir is owned by postgres:postgres. postgres has an entry > in /etc/passwd too. > > *help* > > > Martin > > Ps. System is a Gentoo1.4, kernel 2.4.19 on a Pentium 166. > > >
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