Re: Failed to run initdb: 128

Hi

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I saw that "2769" is related to locales. On
the machine, I saw a new locale called "C" is installed. I am not sure
how it got installed. By default, this locale was getting selected. I
did select "English - united states" and try to install. It also failed
with the same error.

We are using 8.2.4. There is a later version, but we tested our
applciation thoroughly with 8.2.4 and so we currently bundle our
applciation with this version only.

Do you think uninstalling this locale would fix this issue?

Niranjan

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Huxton [mailto:dev(at)archonet(dot)com]
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:05 AM
To: Niranjan Maturi (nmaturi)
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] 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