Complete beginner with Postgresql too, so just a guess, but you might
need to tell postgresql where it should store data before it will
start ---
~$export PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data
or /any/other/data/directory/you/want.
HTH,
Mike
On 9/20/05, Marc Khayat <marc@globalcarrier.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> The following may be too silly even for this mailing list... but however:
> i've never used PostgreSQL before, always been using MySQL.
> I installed postgresql-8.0.1, but when trying to run it, i get:
> [root@linux local]# service postgresql start
> Starting postgresql service: [FAILED]
> [root@linux local]#
> [root@linux local]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start
> Starting postgresql service: [FAILED]
>
> also tried the restart argument, but didn't work.
>
> My question is the following: how can i run the debug and find the error, or
> better yet, how can i run it :) ??
>
> Thank you,
>
> Marc