Re: PostgreSQL Problem on Windows XP

Hello,

Those instructions are out of date. ipc-daemon is no longer used. See
the readme included with the installation particularly the cygserver
info.

Mike

On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 12:31, Richard Kellner wrote:
> Hello,
> I attempted to install PostgreSQL on Windows XP according to the
> procedure in http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/text/FAQ_MSWIN
>
> There seems to be a problem with the ipc daemon, as the following happens:
> =========================
>
> Owner(at)Trick ~
> $ ipc-daemon2 &
> [2] 5152
> [1] Exit 1 ipc-daemon2
>
> Owner(at)Trick ~
> $ initdb --pgdata=/usr/local/pgdata -W -E LATIN1 -d
> Running in debug mode.
>
> initdb: internal variables:
> PGDATA=/usr/local/pgdata
> datadir=/usr/share/postgresql
> PGPATH=/usr/bin
> ENCODING=LATIN1
> ENCODINGID=8
> POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=Owner
> POSTGRES_BKI=/usr/share/postgresql/postgres.bki
> POSTGRES_DESCR=/usr/share/postgresql/postgres.description
> POSTGRESQL_CONF_SAMPLE=/usr/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf.sample
> PG_HBA_SAMPLE=/usr/share/postgresql/pg_hba.conf.sample
> PG_IDENT_SAMPLE=/usr/share/postgresql/pg_ident.conf.sample
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "Owner".
> This user must also own the server process.
>
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
>
> creating directory /usr/local/pgdata... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgdata/base... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgdata/global... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgdata/pg_xlog... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgdata/pg_clog... ok
> selecting default max_connections... Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> 10
> selecting default shared_buffers... Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> 50
> creating configuration files... ok
> creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgdata/base/1... DEBUG:
> invoking IpcM
> emoryCreate(size=1081344)
> Signal 12
>
> initdb: failed
> initdb: removing data directory "/usr/local/pgdata"
>
> Owner(at)Trick ~
>
> =========================
> Any suggestions? I have a gigabyte of memory and only 465 MB is being
> used, so there shouldn't be a problem with memory allocation.
> Thank you,
> Richard Kellner
>
>
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