Thread: What's this mean?
H- bash$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start Checking postgresql installation: [ OK ] Starting postgresql service: standard in must be a tty [FAILED] I haven't seen this in any documentation. Any one have any idea? Any info is appreciated. Thanks. -Sterling
H- I got an email from helpful person (John Burski) and this is what he said. ********************************************** I saw this one a couple of days ago at home. The /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql script expects to be run at boot time by "root". I simply "su-ed" to root an ran the script again. It started OK. Regards, ****************************************** Hope this helps out. -Sterling PS(I haven't tried this solution yet myself as I'm in a different place than when I posted the first email.) "WOLF, PATRICK" wrote: > I get the same message when running "/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start". I > have just installed 7.0.3 rpms from ftp.postgresql.org > <ftp://ftp.postgresql.org> . I'm running RedHat Linux 6.1 . I've never > seen this message either. Something to do with the new version of > PostgreSQL? > > Thanks. > > Pat > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sterling [mailto:smullett@omeninc.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 11:47 AM > To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org > Subject: [NOVICE] What's this mean? > > H- > > bash$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start > Checking postgresql installation: > [ > OK ] > Starting postgresql service: standard in must be a tty > [FAILED] > > I haven't seen this in any documentation. > Any one have any idea? > > Any info is appreciated. > Thanks. > -Sterling > >
I get the same message when running "/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start". I
have just installed 7.0.3 rpms from ftp.postgresql.org
<ftp://ftp.postgresql.org> . I'm running RedHat Linux 6.1 . I've never
seen this message either. Something to do with the new version of
PostgreSQL?
Thanks.
Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Sterling [mailto:smullett@omeninc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 11:47 AM
To: pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: [NOVICE] What's this mean?
H-
bash$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start
Checking postgresql installation:
[
OK ]
Starting postgresql service: standard in must be a tty
[FAILED]
I haven't seen this in any documentation.
Any one have any idea?
Any info is appreciated.
Thanks.
-Sterling
On Tuesday 12 December 2000 13:46, Sterling wrote: > H- > > bash$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start > Checking postgresql installation: [ > OK ] > Starting postgresql service: standard in must be a tty [FAILED] > > I haven't seen this in any documentation. > Any one have any idea? > > Any info is appreciated. > Thanks. > -Sterling It could be hard to tell without knowing the internals of what the script "postgresql" does. If you have pg_ctl, consider using it for starting and stopping the database. -- -------- Robert B. Easter reaster@comptechnews.com --------- - CompTechNews Message Board http://www.comptechnews.com/ - - CompTechServ Tech Services http://www.comptechserv.com/ - ---------- http://www.comptechnews.com/~reaster/ ------------
"Robert B. Easter" <reaster@comptechnews.com> writes:
> On Tuesday 12 December 2000 13:46, Sterling wrote:
>> Starting postgresql service: standard in must be a tty [FAILED]
>>
>> I haven't seen this in any documentation.
> It could be hard to tell without knowing the internals of what the script
> "postgresql" does.
I'm fairly certain that there's no such error message in the Postgres
distribution itself. It's probably coming out of that startup script
you're using ... why it thinks stdin should be a terminal I dunno,
because Postgres certainly doesn't care.
regards, tom lane
I replied to Sterling's question, but sent it to him directly, instead of posting it to the list like I intended. I'll get the hang of this stuff yet... I ran across the same message a couple of days ago when I upgraded to 7.0.3 at home. The error that's being displayed is generated by the /etc/rc.d/init.d/posgresql script. These scripts are meant to be run at boot time. As such, they are usually started by "root". I simply "su-ed" to root and executed the script again. Everything started OK. Hope this helps. Tom Lane wrote: > "Robert B. Easter" <reaster@comptechnews.com> writes: > > On Tuesday 12 December 2000 13:46, Sterling wrote: > >> Starting postgresql service: standard in must be a tty [FAILED] > >> > >> I haven't seen this in any documentation. > > > It could be hard to tell without knowing the internals of what the script > > "postgresql" does. > > I'm fairly certain that there's no such error message in the Postgres > distribution itself. It's probably coming out of that startup script > you're using ... why it thinks stdin should be a terminal I dunno, > because Postgres certainly doesn't care. > > regards, tom lane -- John Burski Chief IT Cook and Bottlewasher 911 Emergency Products, St. Cloud, MN (320) 656 0076