Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-04 Thread Akhtar Yasmin-B05532
rg Cc: Christophe Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error On Thursday 04 September 2008 3:32:55 pm Christophe wrote: > On Sep 4, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 wrote: > > I am really stuck here. And need to get a way thru all of this. > > Any sugges

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-04 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Thursday 04 September 2008 3:32:55 pm Christophe wrote: > On Sep 4, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 wrote: > > I am really stuck here. And need to get a way thru all of this. > > Any suggestions will be really appreciated. > > Have you confirmed that the user that you are logged in as wh

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-04 Thread Christophe
On Sep 4, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 wrote: I am really stuck here. And need to get a way thru all of this. Any suggestions will be really appreciated. Have you confirmed that the user that you are logged in as when you attempt to start Postgres has write access to /home/data/www

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-04 Thread Akhtar Yasmin-B05532
> Maybe you have it configured to log to syslog? Look in postgresql.conf. > regards, tom lane HI, This is regarding the postgres issue.. We are not maintaining any logs for the postgres stop/start. So it becomes a bit problematic, to debug.. These are the steps we are fol

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-04 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> exist the file postmaster.pid in your directory? >No the postmaster.pid does not exist in the directory, even when > I start the server, it does not appear, I am assuming, that this file is > present only

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-04 Thread Akhtar Yasmin-B05532
> exist the file postmaster.pid in your directory? No the postmaster.pid does not exist in the directory, even when I start the server, it does not appear, I am assuming, that this file is present only when postmaster in running. > check the log of the OS and the permissions of th

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-04 Thread Lennin Caro
--- On Wed, 9/3/08, Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 7:11 PM >

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-04 Thread Lennin Caro
--- On Wed, 9/3/08, Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error > To: "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Joshua Drake"

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Tom Lane
"Akhtar Yasmin-B05532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried postmaster -D /home/data/www/pg7/data, but the error message > still doesn't appear. Maybe you have it configured to log to syslog? Look in postgresql.conf. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Akhtar Yasmin-B05532
Hi, Thanks for the prompt reply, I tried postmaster -D /home/data/www/pg7/data, but the error message still doesn't appear. Nothing really happens after this command. Is there a way I can find where the errors are logging..? Thanks n regards -Original Message- You might try invoking th

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Tom Lane
"Akhtar Yasmin-B05532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The log says, > postmaster successfully started That's not the postmaster's log, that's just pg_ctl saying it managed to find and exec the postmaster. I speculate that you are sending the log to /dev/null which is why you cannot find out anythi

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Akhtar Yasmin-B05532
ons on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? -Original Message- From: Joshua Drake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:45 PM To: Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error On

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Joshua Drake
Is the server running locally and accepting > connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? > > > > -Original Message- > From: Joshua Drake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:25 PM > To: Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 >

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Akhtar Yasmin-B05532
- From: Joshua Drake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:13 PM To: Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:58:45 -0700 "Akhtar Yasmin-B05532" <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Akhtar Yasmin-B05532
ptember 03, 2008 3:25 PM To: Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:19:25 -0700 "Akhtar Yasmin-B05532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It says, > pg_ctl: 5432: not found > p

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Joshua Drake
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:19:25 -0700 "Akhtar Yasmin-B05532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It says, > pg_ctl: 5432: not found > postmaster successfully started pg_ctl doesn't take a -p argument for the port. -p is reserved for the path to the postmaster. Try: pg_ctl -D /home/data/www/pg7/data sta

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Joshua Drake
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:58:45 -0700 "Akhtar Yasmin-B05532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am using the following command to start the database: > > pg_ctl start -p 5432 -D /home/data/www/pg7/data > > Yes I know, 7.2 is a very old version, but that's what we have to work > with for now

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Akhtar Yasmin-B05532
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:54 PM To: Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error On 03/09/2008 20:11, Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 wrote: > I am facing this peciliar problem.I am using postgres 7.2.2 installed > on solar

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 03/09/2008 20:11, Akhtar Yasmin-B05532 wrote: > I am facing this peciliar problem.I am using postgres 7.2.2 installed on > solaris. I know this isn't helpful to your particular problem, but 7.2.* is VERY old - in fact, I don't think it's even maintained any more. Also, the command you used to

[GENERAL] Postgres does not start, gives no error

2008-09-03 Thread Akhtar Yasmin-B05532
HI, I am facing this peciliar problem.I am using postgres 7.2.2 installed on solaris. It has been running very well since all the time, until somebody tried to stop it. Using the command Now it does not start. On giving the start command its says: /home/data/www/pg7/bin/pg_ctl: 5432: not fo