Newbie Question

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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