Re: It's dead and won't get up!!

the man page suggested
#nohup postmaster >logfile2>1  &

from a google search they suggested going to the control tab of linuxconf
and trying to restart the service there.  NO LUCK that way.

when I try:
#su postgres
$ postmaster

I get the following:
/usr/bin/postmaster doesn't know where to find database system data.  You
must specify the directory that contains the database system either by
specifying the -D invocation option or by setting the PGDATA environment
variable.

Josh Berkus wrote:

> David,
>
> > ok, there was no lock in the /tmp file and I have already tried the
> > REBOOT
> > with no luck that way either.
>
> What command are you using to start postmaster?
>
> -Josh