[cobalt-users] Can't boot postgres

["Benjamin Charles Tehan" <sysadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Postgres will not boot up from startup.

I'm getting the following problem.

[root@ns1 /tmp]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start
Setting up PostgreSQL: FATAL: StreamServerPort: bind() failed: Address
already in use
        Is another postmaster already running on that port?
        If not, remove socket node (/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5583) and retry.
/usr/bin/postmaster: cannot create UNIX stream port
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[root@ns1 /tmp]#

[root@ns1 /tmp]# ps -A | grep post
[root@ns1 /tmp]#

[root@ns1 /tmp]# netstat -a | grep 5583
[root@ns1 /tmp]#

[root@ns1 /tmp]# ls -la
total 2
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Apr  7 00:10 .
drwxr-xr-x  18 root     root         1024 Apr  6 22:29 ..
[root@ns1 /tmp]#

postmaster is not running and the port 5583 is not being used.

And there is no .s.PGSQL.5583 in the /tmp dir.

Any reason why it's not booting?

I need to know as the GUI is not working.

Regards, Benjamin