Thread: The PostgreSQL server failed to start.

i'm getting error message every time run updates. way fix this? thanks!

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql:
postgresql depends on postgresql-8.4; however:
package postgresql-8.4 not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing postgresql (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
processing triggers libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing taking place
errors encountered while processing:
postgresql-8.4
postgresql

also this...

an error occurred

following details provided:

e: postgresql-8.4: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
e: postgresql: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

and more...

reading package lists... done
building dependency tree
reading state information... done
following packages automatically installed , no longer required:
geoclue-localnet geoclue telepathy-salut wine1.2 libxmu-headers
ttf-tahoma-replacement libsqlite0-dev libtelepathy-farsight0
libtorrent-rasterbar5 geoclue-manual libxmu-dev geoclue-hostip
telepathy-mission-control-5 ttf-symbol-replacement telepathy-gabble
wine1.2-gecko libchamplain-0.4-0 libchamplain-gtk-0.4-0 liblcms1-dev
libpq-dev libmpg123-0 libmng-dev miro-data geoclue-yahoo python-libtorrent
empathy-common python-indicate
use 'apt-get autoremove' remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 remove , 4 not upgraded.
2 not installed or removed.
after operation, 0b of additional disk space used.
setting postgresql-8.4 (8.4.2-0ubuntu9.10) ...
* starting postgresql 8.4 database server * postgresql server failed start. please check log output:
2010-02-12 09:43:48 pst log: authentication option not in name=value format: sameuser

2010-02-12 09:43:48 pst context: line 74 of configuration file "/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/pg_hba.conf"
2010-02-12 09:43:48 pst fatal: not load pg_hba.conf
[fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript postgresql-8.4, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing postgresql-8.4 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql:
postgresql depends on postgresql-8.4; however:
package postgresql-8.4 not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing postgresql (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
no apport report written because error message indicates followup error previous failure.
errors encountered while processing:
postgresql-8.4
postgresql
e: sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned error code (1)

im looking error codes guy here did (who solved problem)...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1363117

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