Re: Initalizing PostgreSQL Database

KG <lists@i2iwebsolutions.com> writes:
> I'm stumped when I got the following error message. When I do a
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/010.pgsql.sh start all I get is this:
> freebsd# sh 010.pgsql.sh start
>  pgsqlfreebsd#

There are a lot of shoddy start scripts running around :-(.  Yours is
probably dumping the postmaster's stderr output to /dev/null, so
whatever error message it puts out about being unable to start is
just vanishing.  Or, if you're lucky, stderr is being sent to a logfile
you can look at.  I'd suggest modifying the script if necessary so that
you can see what the postmaster is complaining about.

            regards, tom lane