[GENERAL] failed to start postgresql service

2011-08-04 Thread Gergely Buday
Hi there, I created a directory /usr/local/pgsql/data to store the data of postgresql and ran $ initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data After that, I tried to start the postgresql service on my fedora 15 box via $ sudo service postgresql start but it has failed with the message Starting postgresql

Re: [GENERAL] failed to start postgresql service

2011-08-04 Thread Jerry Sievers
Gergely Buday gbu...@gmail.com writes: Hi there, I created a directory /usr/local/pgsql/data to store the data of postgresql and ran $ initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data After that, I tried to start the postgresql service on my fedora 15 box via $ sudo service postgresql start but it has

Re: [GENERAL] failed to start postgresql service

2011-08-04 Thread Gergely Buday
Set and export the PGDATA variable in the rc script to the data dirrectory path and try again. Thanks it worked. - Gergely -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general