A good start would be to read the logfile. A lot of startup problems can
be solved from the messages within. It could be something as simple as
trying to start PG as root.
Kris Kiger wrote:
> I've installed postgres 7.3.3 on one of my debian machines. On other
> installations postgres is started automatically on machine bootup.
> However, on one installation it fails to do so. In fact, it doesn't
> appear that PG tries to start at all durring the bootup process. I'm
> still relatively new to linux, but from my understanding, I need to be
> looking in the /etc/init.d directory for boot setup information. Does
> anyone know of a good reference I could learn more about how the linux
> bootup process works, and how to trouble shoot this particular
> problem? Thanks in advance for the help
>
> Kris
>
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