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Cannot start PGSQL

From

smp

Date:

20 March 2008, 04:43:58

I'm a novice & I'm trying to start posgtres by doing /etc/init.d/postgresql start.

It starts.

But the next min if i try to check the process by doing ps -auwx | grep post, I dont see any process.

My installation is in /var/lib/pgsql/data.

There is nothing in serverlog.

What can be the reason?

How do i enable logging to serverlog

Tnx & regards,

Sachin

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Re: Cannot start PGSQL

From

smp

Date:

20 March 2008, 05:24:16

i get message as below

FATAL: database files are incompatible with server
DETAIL: The database cluster was initialized with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 71, but the server was compiled with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 812.
HINT: It looks like you need to initdb.

----- Original Message ----
From: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim@CommandPrompt.com>
To: smp <smp762001@yahoo.co.in>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Sent: Thursday, 20 March, 2008 10:19:06 AM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Cannot start PGSQL

Hi,

On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 10:07 +0530, smp wrote:
>
> There is nothing in serverlog.
>
> What can be the reason?

Check /var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log , if it exists.

Regards,
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Re: Cannot start PGSQL

From

Devrim GÜNDÜZ

Date:

20 March 2008, 05:29:12

Hi,

On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 10:54 +0530, smp wrote:

> FATAL:  database files are incompatible with server
> DETAIL:  The database cluster was initialized with PG_CONTROL_VERSION
> 71, but the server was compiled with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 812.
> HINT:  It looks like you need to initdb.

You have an old (7.1) version installed on that directory. If you took
backups, you need to remove /var/lib/pgsql/data directory, recreate it
with postgres user, and initdb that directory before you can start
PostgreSQL.

Probably:

service postgresql initdb
service postgresql start

will do the work for you.

Regards,

Regards,
--
Devrim GÜNDÜZ , RHCE
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting
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