"gibboda" <gibboda@gmail.com> writes:
> I have a Fedora 5 System with Postgresql 8.1.4 installed. Manully
> starting postgresql is fine but I get an error message with I try to
> setup postgresql to start at boot time.
> I am using the linux script under the contrib/start-scripts when I
> downloaded and built postgresql.
The stuff in contrib/start-scripts is pretty old and I wouldn't assume
it will work under hot-off-the-presses Linux versions. If I were you
I'd use the start script included in the RPM release.
Fedora 5 ships with Postgres 8.1 RPMs, so I dunno why you bothered
building your own copy at all ;-)
regards, tom lane