From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 16 19:21:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7920106566B for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:21:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out.apple.com (mail-out.apple.com [17.151.62.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9039D8FC1D for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:21:12 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from relay14.apple.com ([17.128.113.52]) by mail-out.apple.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-20.01 64bit (built Nov 21 2010)) with ESMTPS id <0LMW00DIZAPXYD90@mail-out.apple.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:16:13 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11807134-b7c00ae0000074fb-10-4dfa486d3402 Received: from cswiger1.apple.com (cswiger1.apple.com [17.209.4.71]) (using TLS with cipher AES128-SHA (AES128-SHA/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by relay14.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with SMTP id 8F.CD.29947.D684AFD4; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:16:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <8F88EB66-BE96-4465-82CF-AAED40B81458@forestinformatics.com> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:16:13 -0700 Message-id: <88601227-E755-4644-8A30-7A93E2041962@mac.com> References: <8F88EB66-BE96-4465-82CF-AAED40B81458@forestinformatics.com> To: Jeff Hamann X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: startup postgresql 9.0.3 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: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:21:12 -0000 On Jun 16, 2011, at 10:26 AM, Jeff Hamann wrote: > I've installed and tested postgresql just fine on FreeBSD 8.2. I gather this means running the database manually via "postgres -D /usr/local/pgsql/data" works normally? > As instructed in the script, I've moved the file to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql > > I've added the "postgresql_enable=YES" to /etc/rc/conf. Is /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql executable? What does "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/postgresql start" do? (If you don't get a useful answer, running it via sh -x might be more informative.) > Please don't respond with "Why don't you just use the ports collection?" There's reasons - like: 1) need to build from source, 3) it's for a tutorial, and 3) postgresql90-server isn't building. You've counted to three rather oddly there. Obviously, building from ports is building from source. I don't see how the first "3)" is relevant, but the errors reported from the second "3)" might be more interesting. Regard, -- -Chuck