Re: BUG #4771: Postgres wont start

I get no error. The only way I know its not connected is by trying to
log in to pgAdmin. It tells me the server doesn't listen. Then I told
it to start. Last time that worked. Now it won't start at all but it
never gives any error.

When I tried to open it with pg_ctl it tells me can not open PID file
(Postmaster.pid). Permission denied. That's odd because I am an
administrative user on Vista and it was working at one point.

Should Postgres not be in the Program Files directory for Vista?
In any case how to I fix it. I want to at least get the data out so I
can re load it. I have a backup but its not as recent as I would like.

Christine

At 10:46 PM 4/21/2009, you wrote:

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>Christine Penner wrote:
> > The following bug has been logged online:
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> > Bug reference:      4771
> > Logged by:          Christine Penner
> > Email address:      christinep@telus.net
> > PostgreSQL version: 8.3.7
> > Operating system:   Vista
> > Description:        Postgres wont start
> > Details:
> >
> > I have had Postgres running and working on the computer for about
> a month. A
> > week ago I started and realized that the Postgres service was not
> started. I
> > started it and it worked fine. Today I started up and again
> Postgres has not
> > started. I have tried again and again to start it but it won't
> start. I have
> > restarted my computer 3 times, shut down programs running that
> may interfere
> > but still nothing.
> >
> > I can't find a log file that will give me more info on why it won't start.
> >
>
>what is the Error you are getting ?
>
>go to bin folder of postgres and try to start using pg_ctl
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>like :- pg_ctl -D  c:/postgres/8.3/...path upto data folder  START
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