> > I've installed postgres 7.1.3 on a FreeBSD 4.5 box using the ports
> > system, I just can't seem to get it working.
>
> > su-2.05a# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh status
> > pg_ctl: postmaster or postgres is not running
> > su-2.05a# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh start
> > pg_ctl: postmaster does not start
>
> Impossible to tell anything from this, since your script is hiding
> whatever error message the postmaster might be emitting. Arrange
> for the postmaster's stderr to go someplace useful (maybe into a
> log file) and then see what it has to say.
IIRC, the standard FreeBSD PostgreSQL ports script should log to
/var/log/pgsql. Should be something useful in there.
Greg