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DB start error message

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Why am I getting the FATAL error message below when initializing the
database. I did everything correctly as per the installation
instructions
I am running on REDHAT 9.0 Pentium 2 196 MB
Help
Solaroot
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Success. You can now start the database server using:

    /usr/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
or
    /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l
logfile start

bash-2.05b$ postmaster -d /usr/local/pgsql/data
FATAL:  invalid value for option
'server_min_messages': 'debug/usr/local/pgsql/data'
bash-2.05b$ /usr/bin/postmaster -d
/usr/local/pgsql/data
FATAL:  invalid value for option
'server_min_messages': 'debug/usr/local/pgsql/data'
bash-2.05b$


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Re: DB start error message

From
Aly Dharshi
Date:
Are you using the Postgres software that came with RedHat 9.0 ?

Cheers,

    Aly.

Felix.Onyango@compucom.com wrote:
> Why am I getting the FATAL error message below when initializing the
> database. I did everything correctly as per the installation
> instructions
> I am running on REDHAT 9.0 Pentium 2 196 MB
> Help
> Solaroot
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Success. You can now start the database server using:
>
>     /usr/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> or
>     /usr/bin/pg_ctl -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -l
> logfile start
>
> bash-2.05b$ postmaster -d /usr/local/pgsql/data
> FATAL:  invalid value for option
> 'server_min_messages': 'debug/usr/local/pgsql/data'
> bash-2.05b$ /usr/bin/postmaster -d
> /usr/local/pgsql/data
> FATAL:  invalid value for option
> 'server_min_messages': 'debug/usr/local/pgsql/data'
> bash-2.05b$
>
>
> =====
>
>
> "I will do today what most people won't, so I can have tomorrow what
> most people can't." - Zig Zigler
>
> "I'm weird, therefore I'm special..."
>
>
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Re: DB start error message

From
Tom Lane
Date:
<Felix.Onyango@compucom.com> writes:
> bash-2.05b$ postmaster -d /usr/local/pgsql/data
> FATAL:  invalid value for option
> 'server_min_messages': 'debug/usr/local/pgsql/data'

I think you needed to say -D not -d.  The error message seems a bit
bizarre though :-( ... will look into why that happened.

            regards, tom lane