From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 26 12:25:23 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 984E016A400 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:25:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B5A013C45E for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:25:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gerard@seibercom.net) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so1907539wxc for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:25:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.30.5 with SMTP id d5mr10604669wxd.1174911922831; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:25:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ( [67.189.184.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id i38sm10547878wxd.2007.03.26.05.25.21; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:25:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:25:19 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070326082519.79b44652@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070326120816.1DF475C2B@www.logicmerc.com> References: <20070325083117.L969@scorpio.seibercom.net> <20070326120816.1DF475C2B@www.logicmerc.com> Organization: Seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR nSNPNr*/^~StawWU9KDJ-CT0k$f#@t2^K&BS_f|?ZV/.7Q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_aw47.nYYHtVBfr02pW_3giW; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Subject: Re: Postgres Startup Error Message X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:25:23 -0000 --Sig_aw47.nYYHtVBfr02pW_3giW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:02:27 -0500 "Rick Apichairuk" wrote: > > I occasionally receive this error message when booting up: > >=20 > > Mar 25 08:28:24 scorpio postgres[756]: [1-1] FATAL: the database > > system is starting up > >=20 > > Since it is an intermittent error message, I am unable to track > > down what is causing it or how to fix it. > >=20 > > Any suggestions? =20 >=20 > I had a similar problem before with an older version of PostgreSQL. > The problem was that the rc script was waiting for input from the > user. It was waiting for a password. Depending on how you set up your > PostgreSQL, it might ask for a password on startup. >=20 > It might help to post the versions of PostgreSQL and FreeBSD you are > using. I checked on the postgresql forum and received a reply. It appears that a program is attempting to query postgresql before it is started. I think it was dovecot. In any case, I reconfigured the rc.d file for postgresql to start sooner in the boot process. That eliminated the problem, or at least it appears to have done so. --=20 Gerard Forgetfulness, n: A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. --Sig_aw47.nYYHtVBfr02pW_3giW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGB7uvFCqdq4D1ybYRAvqrAKCZxP+K1fu3bXRLyORQfRhe5T8MDgCfWnZg wnu56j81AjWq8f2ri3qERrw= =OOIq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_aw47.nYYHtVBfr02pW_3giW--