Unable to start postgresql server 8.3.1.1

[Bryan Blackburn]

On Jun 2, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Vittorio wrote:

> having always used postgreSQL satisfactorily under FreeBSD I installed
> postgresql83 & postgresql83-server on my leopard Macbook via
>
> sudo port install postgresql83 postgresql83-server.
>
> The process concluded successfully . I ran as requested:
>
> sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/
> org.macports.postgresql83-server.plist
>  sudo mkdir -p /opt/local/var/db/postgresql83/defaultdb
>  sudo chown postgres:postgres /opt/local/var/db/postgresql83/defaultdb
>  sudo su postgres -c '/opt/local/lib/postgresql83/bin/initdb -D /opt/
> local/var/db/postgresql83/defaultdb'
>

Hmm, the launchctl command on that list should be at the end, not the  
beginning.  If you ran everything in that order, try an unload then  
load again with launchctl and see if it comes up then.

Bryan


> ...
> Ciao
> Vittorio
>