Re: Failed to run initdb: 128

On 04/03/10 00:12, Niranjan Maturi (nmaturi) wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to install Postgres 8.2 on a virtual machine that has
> Windown 2003 SP2. The installation fails with the error "Failed to run
> initdb: 128". I searched the archives and looks like it is a catch-all
> error. But is there anything specific that we can do to resolve this
> issue?
>
> I am logged in as an administrator, so no problem with permissions.
> Postgres was able to create the windows user account properly and after
> that it fails with the above error. It tells us to copy a log file
> initdb.log, but that file does not exist.

It clearly didn't get that far in the process.

> There is another log file pginstall.log, where I do see some error
> messages, I printed them below. Any help is appreciated.

Well, searching on error "2769" just seems to say a custom installer
step failed. In this case clearly "GetAvailableLocales" - nothing
unusual with your locale setup, is there?

> MSI (c) (C4:64) [15:59:30:242]: Note: 1: 2769 2: GetAvailableLocales 3:
> 1
> MSI (c) (C4:64) [15:59:30:242]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error
> MSI (c) (C4:64) [15:59:30:242]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT
> `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2769
> DEBUG: Error 2769: Custom Action GetAvailableLocales did not close 1
> MSIHANDLEs.
> The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this
> package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code
> is 2769. The arguments are: GetAvailableLocales, 1,

> {1F701DBD-1660-4108-B10A-FB435EA63BF0} Version: 8.2.0 Attributes: 0
> PatchId: Native BaselineId: -

This isn't version 8.2.0 you're installing, is it? Because 8.2.15 is the
current release for that version.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd