Lord Voldemort <murderthemuggles@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 and I have installed PostgreSQL and JDBC
> drivers form the repository.
What repository do you mean? Ubuntu's?
> I have not changed any default settings.
> Command "pg_ctl start" or "postmaster" gives an error about not
> being able to find "postgresql.conf" in the directory specified by
> PGDATA or my home folder if it's blank.
If you used Ubuntu's version, shouldn't you be using the `service`
command to control it? I'm not sure what version comes with 10.10,
but on my older kubuntu machine, it's:
sudo service postgresql-8.4 start
> Apart from that my installation is working fine. I've already
> created a user for myself and a small trial database too.
Without successfully starting the database server???
If the above suggestion doesn't help, please read this and post a
more detailed message:
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Guide_to_reporting_problems
It's easier for people to help if your post isn't such a, er,
Riddle.... ;-)
-Kevin