Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:25:19 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postgres Startup Error Message Message-ID: <20070326082519.79b44652@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070326120816.1DF475C2B@www.logicmerc.com> References: <20070325083117.L969@scorpio.seibercom.net> <20070326120816.1DF475C2B@www.logicmerc.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:02:27 -0500 "Rick Apichairuk" <rick@logicmerc.com> wrote: > > I occasionally receive this error message when booting up: > > > > Mar 25 08:28:24 scorpio postgres[756]: [1-1] FATAL: the database > > system is starting up > > > > Since it is an intermittent error message, I am unable to track > > down what is causing it or how to fix it. > > > > Any suggestions? > > 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. > > 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. -- Gerard Forgetfulness, n: A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGB7uvFCqdq4D1ybYRAvqrAKCZxP+K1fu3bXRLyORQfRhe5T8MDgCfWnZg wnu56j81AjWq8f2ri3qERrw= =OOIq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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