no postrgesql process running. the touch command exited successfully. apt-get remove --purge postgresql and apt-get install postgresql. end up the same problem.
i suspect the installer script problem. but i am not sure. On Feb 17, 2008 6:27 PM, Tobias Nissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jeffry s wrote: > > i got the message during installation > > > > bayau:/var/log/postgresql# apt-get install postgresql-8.3 > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > postgresql-8.3 is already the newest version. > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 622 not upgraded. > > 2 not fully installed or removed. > > Need to get 0B of archives. > > After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. > > Setting up postgresql-8.3 (8.3.0-1) ... > > Starting PostgreSQL 8.3 database server: main* Error: Could not > > create log file /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.3-main.log > > failed! > > Could it be, that for some reason postgresql is already running? Check > this by examining the output of `ps aux`. > > > i already did what u told me to do. but is is the same thing. if do > > /var/log/postgresql# dpkg-reconfigure postgresql-8.3 > > /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: postgresql-8.3 is broken or not fully > > installed > > So the touch-command exited successfully, i.e. produced no output? > > What happens when you purge postgresql (`apt-get purge > postgresql-8.3`) and then reinstall it? > > Please use the mailing-list for things that belong there. > > Regards, > Tobias >
