Fatal: bogus data in lock file "postmaster.pid": "" help please

[akuj1n]

I recently bought a new acer laptop to dual boot backtrack 5 and win 7, this works without a problem on my small dell netbook, But when booting to usb, cd, or hard drive install I keep getting this error. The only way I was able to install at all was to boot from usb in safemode and run the installer there. Please help.

FATAL: bogus data in lock file "postmaster.pid": ""
/opt/framework3/postgresql/scripts.ctl.sh : postgresql could not be started

a bit further down i get this

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000e

the above BUG error has said different things but all somewhat similair

[tougeo]

Hello guys!

I have the exact same problem! Does anyone have a solution on this?

Thank you very much in advance.

Regards,
George

[SajberKod]

ah come on! I have exact problem! Help?

[fiocinino]

"postmaster.pid" file is corrupted or empty

rm /opt/framework3/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid
rm /opt/framework3/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.7175
rm /opt/framework3/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.7175.lock

/etc/init.d/framework-postgres start

to restart framework-postgres files will be recreated correct.!
(system BT5 x86_64)

[YaKhOo]

Hi ,
thanks you for this
oh a typo error please correct
" rm /opt/framework3/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid" same "mistake" for the others lignes.
this and the db_export command help lot thanks again

ther is another thread open about same error
Thanks again

[fiocinino]

correct th !!

[lianenjoe]

Hi guys!

I have exactly the same error. I had already tried ur solution, but it dont work.
Starting the X-Server, the same error occurs again.

Pls help me.

[akuj1n]

unfortunately I must reply to my own post, problem persists.

actually the only way to boot properly into backtrack 5 at all from cd/flash/or hdd install is to use the acpi=flag

acpi=off however also disables my wifi and other devices/features that require power management...bactrack 5 is vmed for now but I really wish I could dual boot successfully.

[curiousx]

Hi all, it's my first reply on a forum =P i have BT 5 Gnome 32 bit and i find a solution removing two files this one "/opt/framework/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid" and this one "/opt/framework/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.7175.lock" and then start the service, so... in a terminal:

rm /opt/framework/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid
rm /opt/framework/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.7175.lock
service framework-postgres start

i hope this help, regards

[orgassembly]

Hi all, it's my first reply on a forum =P i have BT 5 Gnome 32 bit and i find a solution removing two files this one "/opt/framework/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid" and this one "/opt/framework/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.7175.lock" and then start the service, so... in a terminal:

rm /opt/framework/postgresql/data/postmaster.pid
rm /opt/framework/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.7175.lock
service framework-postgres start

i hope this help, regards

I am using BT5 R1 and pot /postmaster.pid and /.s.PGSQL.7175.lock are DIRECTORIES. /postmaster.pid had nothing in it so I just rmdir 'ed it. However, the folder .s.PGSQL.7175.lock is a folder and contains many files and directories that seem like they may be important. I did not delete this folder.

Should I delete the .s.PGSQL.7175.lock folder and all of its contents? This seems like it may not be the correct solution. Can one please explain this?

Thank you.