Maybe you should check out the text in server.log. That'll probably tell
you what's wrong.
Craig
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AVU Makerere [mailto:avumuk@kla1.afsat.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 3:21 AM
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Postgresql and Postmaster response
>
>
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I think I am having a similar problem. I used the advice
> given but when
> >I
> >start the database server in the background using
> >
> >nohup /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data \
> ></dev/null >>server.log 2>>1 &
> >
> >and then I ps -aux |grep post, I find that it is not
> running. What did I
> >do
> >wrong?
> >Below are the details.
> >
> >Thanx
> >
> >Ronald
> >
> >[root@orion src]# nohup /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D
> >/usr/local/pgsql/dat
> >a \
> > > </dev/null >>server.log 2>>1 &
> >[1] 1141
> >[root@orion src]# ps -aux |grep post
> >root 1145 0.0 1.8 1240 500 pts/0 S 10:46
> 0:00 grep post
> >[1]+ Exit 1 nohup
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D
> >/usr/loca
> >l/pgsql/data </dev/null >>server.log 2>>1
> >[root@orion src]# ps -aux |grep post
> >root 1147 2.0 1.8 1240 500 pts/0 S 10:46
> 0:00 grep post
> >[root@orion src]#
>