> You should look at your postgres logs, which will likely tell you
> what the real problem is, and then read
>
> http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.2/postgres/postmaster-start.html#POSTMASTER-START-FAILURES
>
> (sorry bout the long line) and associated bits there. It seems
> likely that you haven't changed the configuration at all; you'll be
> very unhappy with the performance that way. You certainly want at
> least a few thousand shared buffers, if nothing else.
thanks a lot, certainly i've not touched the config files, just
installed and started, and haven't had the time to look at performance
tuning tips, once again applies the rtfm thing :)