Re: Postgres service won't start, doesn't log any errors

Joe Carr wrote on 19.10.2010 00:55:
> Hi Thomas, Thanks for your reply. pg_ctrl has given me some more
> information, but I'm not quite there yet.
>
> I have verified that the postgres user has "full control" access to
> the data directory.
>
> When I take the commandline from the service definition and execute
> it, I get the following:
>
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\bin>"C:/Program
> Files/PostgreSQL/9.0/bin/pg_ctl.exe" runservice -N "postgresql-9.0"
> -D "C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/9.0/data" -w
>
> pg_ctl: could not start service "postgresql-9.0": error code 1063
>
> So, if I replace "runservice" with "start", the server starts without issue :
>
> and this will work whether I'm logged in as "postgres" or under my
> user account. Additionally, the \data\pg_log directory is being
> filled with logging information, indicating (I believe), that
> permissions are set correctly.
>
> But, the service will not start from the service control manager, or
> pgAdmin3 (which I imagine attempts to start the service in the same
> manner).
>
> So, I think it's very close at this point. Thanks again beforehand!

Are you sure the service is started under the postgres account?
Is the password given there correct?

Regards
Thomas