try:

postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql &

so that it runs in the background.

It's not that it's not running when you started it, but that it locks up
that console when you run it like that. 

HTH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William.Roberts@revlon.com [mailto:William.Roberts@revlon.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 1:02 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Newbie Question
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I have done this before and have tried and tried to fix and 
> can't seem to get
> it.
> 
> I have installed Postgres 6.5.2-2.
> 
> I have invoked
> 
> initdb --pgdata=/var/lib/pgsql --pglib=/usr/lib/pgsql
> 
> That worked fine.
> 
> When I try to start postmaster with
> 
> postmaster -D/var/lib/pgsql
> 
> I get a static screen, nothing, it looks like it's locked up, 
> I have to
> Control-C to stop it.
> 
> Can anyone help?  What am I missing?
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
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