> > Hi All > I am using postgresql 7.2 on Linux. It does not start when i am trying th= > is > /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql restart. > It give an error saying "postmaster already running". > I have done > rm -f /var/lib/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid > and > rm -f /var/run/postmaster.pid > > But it still says the same. whenever i restart with the above command > When say "stop" it says failed and when i say "start" it says postmaster > already running. > Please help me out > > --m > I've seen the other replies, but IMHO you are not supposed to remove /var/lib/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid to stop the postmaster but
kill $(head -n 1 $PGDATA/postmaster.pid) RTFM HTH Regards, Christoph ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match