Re: BUG #1445: Installation failed during "Activating Procedural Languages" - "Failed to connect to the database"

>The following bug has been logged online:
>
>Bug reference: 1445
>Logged by: John Anson
>Email address: postgres(at)jomich(dot)com
>PostgreSQL version: 8.0.0.5017
>Operating system: Windows XP SP2
>Description: Installation failed during "Activating Procedural
>Languages" - "Failed to connect to the database"
>Details:
>

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>Before the installation I:
>- shut down ZoneAlarm Security Suite (firewall and virus protection)
>- disabled Windows Firewall
>- exited all applications and SystemTray icons.
>- terminated non-Microsoft processes
>
>My issues now are:
>1. Should the Postgres windows .msi installation require the
>LSPfix tool?
>(It did in my case).

No, it shouldn't. Which LSP was it that was causing the problem? And can
you identify which software it came with.

>2. It would have saved me a lot of grief if the tool was
>mentioned in the
>instalation FAQ (as some posts referred to, but the FAQ must have been
>changed). Should the tool be mentioned in the FAQ?

Yes. It was there during RC, but it was beleived that we had a
workaround in place that would not cause the problem to happen again. It
looks like it's going to have to back.

//Magnus