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From Jason Ma
Subject How to startup the database server?
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Msg-id CAFUiXgFahpb4a1i3o8zzDJHUcBTfnt0SRpGdaPhBf6=34ESi4w@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: How to startup the database server?  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@gmail.com>)
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Hi all,
   I am a freshman of PostgreSQL, My env: PG 8.4 on CentOS,I follow the document in the offical site to startup the db server. Here's what I do below, the database cluster is ready, but I can't start the database server.

[root@testbox ~]# service postgresql initdb
Data directory is not empty!                               [FAILED]

[root@testbox ~]# service postgresql start
Starting postgresql service:                               [FAILED]

-bash-4.1$ postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/data
-bash-4.1$ ps -ef |grep postgres
root      2710  2585  0 21:52 pts/1    00:00:00 su - postgres
postgres  2711  2710  0 21:52 pts/1    00:00:00 -bash
postgres  2752  2711  0 21:55 pts/1    00:00:00 ps -ef
postgres  2753  2711  0 21:55 pts/1    00:00:00 grep postgres

-bash-4.1$ postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/data > binlog 2>&1 &
-bash-4.1$ ps -ef |grep postgres
root      2710  2585  0 21:52 pts/1    00:00:00 su - postgres
postgres  2711  2710  0 21:52 pts/1    00:00:00 -bash
postgres  2768  2711  1 21:59 pts/1    00:00:00 ps -ef
postgres  2769  2711  0 21:59 pts/1    00:00:00 grep postgres

I wonder why I can't start the database? Do I have some place to see the log file. Hope anybody can help me. Thanks.
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Best wishes,

Jason Ma

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