Justin Georgeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm not sure what you mean you're doing when you say you stop it with > ctrl-c, but you can use the pg_ctl utility, or `service postgresql stop` > to stop it. Then you should be able to start with the command you > listed, although you probably want to use pg_ctl or `service postgresql > start` instead.
> shreedhar wrote: >> i am getting following error message. >> StreamServer Port : bind() failed : Address already in use. >> is another postmaster already running on port 5432 >> If not, wait a few seonds, and retry I'm also wondering whether shreedhar has followed the advice given in the error message: wait a bit and try again to start the postmaster. On some Unixen it's impossible to reassign a particular listening port number until the previous owner has been dead awhile (where "awhile" is usually measured in "a few minutes"). regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org