Re: Restart failed with 'service postgresql restart'

Where to look for postmaster.pid?
It is not in the data directory. There is one file postmaster.opts there.

Should I try running 'pg_ctl start -l logfile' ?

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Paul Anderson <paul(dot)a(at)pnlassociates(dot)com> wrote:
> After verifying that the postmaster was not running you did remove the
> postmaster.pid file, right?
>
> FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid"already exists
>
>
> On 3/2/10 11:43 AM, Major Services wrote:
>>
>> Help me start the server.
>> As I mentioned in an earlier post today (subject: password
>> authentication failed for user postgres), 'service postgresql restart'
>> had stopped the server but  *server
>> start failed*.
>>
>> Step wise list of commands to be given would be great!
>> Do I need to login as postgres?
>>
>> Being new to PostgreSQL, am looking for some hand-holding.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Viv
>>
>>
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