From: | "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | "Lee Hachadoorian" <lee(dot)hachadoorian(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL won't start |
Date: | 2008-03-12 18:04:27 |
Message-ID: | dcc563d10803121104v1512965bl97abed340ff20f0c@mail.gmail.com |
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Lee Hachadoorian
<lee(dot)hachadoorian(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Last week I set up Postgres 8.3 on a WindowsXP machine. Had it up and
> running and imported data. Now when I try to start the server (after
> a machine restart) I get the message:
>
> ********************************************************************************************
> pg_ctl: another server might be running; trying to start server anyway
> PANIC: could not open control file "global/pg_control": Permission denied
>
> This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
> Please contact the application's support team for more information.
> server starting
> ********************************************************************************************
If it was running and now isn't, the most common cause is anti-virus
software having an exclusive lock on a file. Or changing it's
ownership or permissions.
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