Hi Richard Huxton below is the rhdb part of the shutdown log
any indications for the failed restart? thanks cheng May 28 15:43:37 sanlinux rhdb: Stopping PostgreSQL - Red Hat Edition service: May 28 15:43:37 sanlinux su(pam_unix)[12400]: session opened for user postgres by (uid=0) May 28 15:43:40 sanlinux su(pam_unix)[12400]: session closed for user postgres May 28 15:43:40 sanlinux rhdb: ^[[60G[ May 28 15:43:40 sanlinux rhdb: May 28 15:43:40 sanlinux rc: Stopping rhdb: succeeded ===== Best wishes Z C Wang ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html