On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:15 AM, Ben T <benjt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I deleted everything under /library/pgsql-xs/ but 'service pgsql-xs initdb' > failed. Ended up with an initdb.log file that was the same as running > 'service postgresql initdb.'
That is completely bizarre. I assume that /library/pgsql-xs exists, and that you can create files there normally if you su to 'postgres', even large files. > I already checked for inodes usage yesterday. That's not a problem. Thanks. > When I installed the XS, I checkbox'd pretty > much everything that was offered (editors, db, web server, etc.) ... would > that make a difference? That may have confused the installer -- all those things are not on the CD -- but it seems like you got your XS installed -- to confirm:are xs-pkgs and xs-config reported as installed by rpm? Further debugging steps... - Is selinux enabled perhaps? selinuxenabled && echo I am SELinux, son of HAL, you cannot open the pod bay doors or start Pg... - Re-run initdb, looking at what it does: rm -fr /library/pgsql-xs ( bash -x /etc/init.d/pgsql-xs initdb 2>&1 ) | tee initdb.log - Run the init under strace - install strace and then change the line that actually starts Pg to run it under strace. It will get logged to the same pgstartup.log we are getting now. Look for the line that talks about $SU -l postgres -c "$PGENGINE/postmarter -p ... and add in there strace, like: $SU -l postgres -c "/usr/bin/strace $PGENGINE/postmarter -p ... and then try to do /etc/init.d/pgsql-xs start I am rather curious as to what the problem is and would like to find the root cause. If it's all too much, and you'd rather reinstall and see if it's better, it's also a valid approach. cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel