Re: problems with startup script on upgrade

"Martin A. Marques" <martin@math.unl.edu.ar> writes:
>> Hm, that 'Killed' looks suspicious.  What shows up in the
>> /dbs/postgres/sql.log file?

> Nothing at all.

That's no help :-(.  Please alter the command to trace the shell script,
ie

su postgres -c 'sh -x /dbs/postgres/bin/pg_ctl -o ... 2>tracefile'

and send the tracefile.
        regards, tom lane