Rudolf Potucek <potucek(at)ucalgary(dot)ca> writes:
> Oct 4 14:05:45 antimony3 postgresql: Starting postgresql service:
> failed
> Maybe, just maybe, it would be nice if the server croaked a bit more
> vebously?
The postmaster croaks as verbosely as it can. I'll bet lunch that your
system's startup script is redirecting the postmaster's stderr to
/dev/null (or using the -S switch which has the same effect). If so,
we are not the people to complain to ...
regards, tom lane