postmaster don't start ...

Hi everybody,

I'm almost new to postgres..

I have an out of the box postgreSQL on Red Hat 7.3. I completed all the steps
indicated on the Admins guide.

I have done initdb <data - dir>.. and the files were created ... The point is
when I try to start the postmaster... there is some indication DEBUG... and
go to sleep, it takes for ever to say postgres database don't exist...

Any idea please ??

Andrew