On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Thom Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > * Forcing it to shutdown which leads to a recover-run on next startup. > pg_ctl: PID file "/var/lib/postgresql/8.3/data/postmaster.pid" does not exist > Is server running? > * Forced shutdown failed!!! Something is wrong with your system, > please take care of it manually. > [ ok ] > * Starting PostgreSQL ... > waiting for server to > start...............................................................could > not start server [ !! ] > * The pid-file doesn't exist but pg_ctl reported a running server. > * Please check whether there is another server running on the same > port or read the log-file.
At this point did you do something like: ps ax|grep postgres ??? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
