Ian Lea <ian.lea at gmail.com> writes:
> No, it's not normal.  The "starting anyway" line is followed by an
> error and it probably hasn't worked.  Run $ pg_ctl status and see what
> it says.  If the server is running it will tell you.
>
> It appears that something is wrong with your postgres installation.
>
> This is a postgres problem, not Slony.  There are separate postgres
> mailing lists.

Actually, that seems a little like "driver error" to me...

If the postmaster was down, then asking it to "restart" is more than
was necessary.

chris at dba2:~/somewhere> pg_ctl status
pg_ctl: server is running (PID: 15270)
/home/chris/dbs/postgresql-8.4.0/bin/postgres
chris at dba2:~/somewhere> pg_ctl stop
waiting for server to shut down.... done
server stopped
chris at dba2:~/somewhere> pg_ctl restart
pg_ctl: PID file "/mnt/PostgreSQL/dbs/PG84/postgresql-8.4.0/postmaster.pid" does not exist
Is server running?
starting server anyway
server starting

The message doesn't need to indicate a problem with the PostgreSQL
installation; it nicely expresses the scenario characterized as "I
badly asked the postmaster to restart, and it politely told me what
kind of a bozo I was."

It's not a Slony-I issue, at any rate...
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