Thread: pg_ctl: could not start the server

On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Hombakazi Cynthia Jozela
<hombakazij@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Good Day
>
> Kindly help me, I was trying to start the server but I get this error:
> pg_ctl: could not start the server.
> Examine the log output.
> PostgreSQL 9.2 did not start in a timely fashion, please see
> /opt/PostgreSQL/9.2/data/pg_log/startup.log for details.
>
> Can somebody show me a command to view the log file I am on Linux - ubuntu.
>
> Thanks
> Homba.
>
>

Wouldn't cat opt/PostgreSQL/9.2/data/pg_log/startup.log work?

Regards,

Atri

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Atri
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