PostgreSQL 91 does not start automatically

[Puneet Kishor]

On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Vincent Habchi wrote:

>> as I noted above, there is nothing I can discern in posgresql91.log that shows any attempt was made to run anything. Nevertheless, when I typed
>> 
>> 	$ sudo port load postgresql91-server
>> 
>> I got the message that the port was already loaded. Yet, it was not running. So, I unloaded the port and then loaded it again, and the db started fine.
> 
> Did you check the ownership and permissions of your ${prefix}/var/db/postgresql91 directory and subdirectories?
> 


of course... if the ownership and permissions were wrong, PostgreSQL wouldn't start at all, would it? Again, as I said, it doesn't start by itself on system restart. But, once I unload it and load it again, it starts fine.




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Puneet Kishor