Two things: 1. See the output of the postgres process which are running with utility commands. ps -ef | grep postgres
2. Also, take look in the logs for any information written on any process which is running and failing to abort. --- Regards, Raghavendra EnterpriseDB Corporation Blog: http://raghavt.blogspot.com/ 2012/1/3 roberto sanchez muñoz <trev2...@gmail.com> > still failing it shows > pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -mi > waiting for server to shut > down............................................................... failed > pg_ctl: server does not shut down > > El 02/01/2012, a las 23:09, Raghavendra escribió: > > Seems, some process are still running and looking for database access. > You can try unclean shutdown IMMEDIATE with below option by forcing all > process to stop > > pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -mi > > > --- > Regards, > Raghavendra > EnterpriseDB Corporation > Blog: http://raghavt.blogspot.com/ > > > > 2012/1/3 roberto sanchez muñoz <trev2...@gmail.com> > >> how can i stop the server i use this in terminal (pg_ctl -D >> /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast) and show this pg_ctl: server does >> not shut down >> >> thanks for your help >> -- >> Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) >> To make changes to your subscription: >> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >> > > >