[cobalt-users] My GUI is buggered -- more info

["Robert Davis" <dbugger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

meta-verify-raq3 -u -a give mes:

 checking system+database coherency...
 Can't call method "exec" on an undefined value at
 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
 /Cobalt/Meta.pm line 1056.

A quick read of Meta.pm reveals:

The database handle $dbc is opened on line 386
It fails to return a value on line 1056

Ironically, there appears to be all sorts of checking to find out whether
the handle is valid, such as:

    unless ($dbc->status eq PGRES_CONNECTION_OK)
    {
 warn "META connect - FAIL: " . $dbc->errorMessage . "\n" if ($METABUG);
 return;
    }


starting at line 391, but nothing is reported until line 1056

ps aef | grep postgres returns nothing. This tells me the postgres daemon is
dead.

I know no postgres. Does anyone here know a command to try and start the
thang?




meanwhile, research continues ......