On Jan 24, 2008 10:41 AM, Stefan Schwarzer
<stefan.schwarzer@grid.unep.ch> wrote:
> >> When I start the postmaster it seems ok. But there is no process
> >> running.
> >
> > Then it didn't really start successfully. (Unless you use the -w
> > option, "pg_ctl start" just launches the postmaster --- it doesn't
> > wait around to see what happens.) You need to look into the log
> > file to see what the problem was.
>
> Ok, it's a bit confusing for a non-admin-user to enter into the pg-
> config to find out what parameters one has to uncomment in order to
> get the log working. Succeed after some while, got the postmaster
> working:
>
> 827 p2 S 0:00.22 /usr/local/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/
> pgsql/data TERM=xterm-color SHELL=/bin/bash USER=postgres
> __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F6:0:0 P
> 829 p2 S 0:00.01 postgres: writer process
> 830 p2 S 0:00.00 postgres: stats buffer process
> 831 p2 S 0:00.00 postgres: stats collector process
>
>
> What would you recommend now in order to get the data back? I have
> postgis data in the databases too, although this is not too important
> for me...
Sounds like you're ready to run pg_dump.