karthik ananth <karthik(dot)jcecs(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> The default postgres.conf created would have this setting set to "on". I
> used the freebsd port to install.
Hmm. That's certainly not the case in stock Postgres, so I suppose the
freebsd packager must be patching it for some reason. Perhaps the start
script he's using depends on it (if so, he's going to have some work to
do when 9.2 hits).
regards, tom lane