Re: start/stop error message

David wrote:
> I am unable to solve the following problem.
>
> When I start or stop PostgreSQL using pg_ctl (without the -D option) the
> system works fine. No errors.  I have the PGDATA environment variable
> set and it points to my cluster.
>
> When I run the /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.2 script with either of "stop"
> or "start" as parameters I get the following error:
>
>
> david@kepler:/etc/init.d$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.2 start
>  * Starting PostgreSQL 8.2 database server
>  * Error: specified cluster does not exist
>                                                          [fail]
>
> and the same error when passing "stop"
>
> The cluster clearly exists and is recognized by pg_ctl. As a result
> PostgreSQL does not start with the system and must be started and
> stopped manually.
>
> I am running Ubuntu linux (very close to Debian).
>
> There must be a configuration error but I cannot find it.
>

Do the paths set in /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.2 conform to your PG*
environment variables?