[postgis-users] Fatal: lock file file"/usr/share/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid" already exists

[kenville thompson]

Hi
My system is Windows with Cygwin.


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> 
> What system do you try ??? Linux or Windows with
> Cygwin???
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> kenville thompson
> Envoye : mercredi 7 juillet 2004 22:53
> A : postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net
> Objet : [postgis-users] Fatal: lock file
> file"/usr/share/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid"
> already exists
> 
> 
> I am having a problem intitalizing the postgresql
> database.
> Could please send any suggestion that you may have,
> so
> i can move on to installing GT3.Thank you.
> 
> This is my error:
> 
> $ initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data
> The files belonging to this database system will be
> owned by user "Thompson".
> This user must also own the server process.
> 
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale
> C.
> 
> creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data... ok
> creating directory
> /usr/share/postgresql/data/base...
> ok
> creating directory
> /usr/share/postgresql/data/global... ok
> creating directory
> /usr/share/postgresql/data/pg_xlog... ok
> creating directory
> /usr/share/postgresql/data/pg_clog... ok
> selecting default max_connections... Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> 10
> selecting default shared_buffers... Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> 50
> creating configuration files... ok
> creating template1 database in
> /usr/share/postgresql/data/base/1... FATAL:  lock
>  file "/usr/share/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid"
> already exists
> HINT:  Is another postgres (PID 1848) running in
> data
> directory "/usr/share/post
> gresql/data"?
> 
> initdb: failed
> initdb: removing data directory
> "/usr/share/postgresql/data"
> 
> 
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