Re: question about installation PostgreSQL

I would use task manager to check if PostgreSQL is actually running. If it
is I would disable the firewall, if it's not I would check if the data
directory is empty, and look at the PostgreSQL and windows logs.
It's also odd that you see [host "???"], I would expect it to be [host
"127.0.0.1"] maybe it's confused by some network configuration.
If none of that leads you anywhere try PostgreSQL 9 and maybe include the
full install log file.

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:36 PM, truongxuan quang <
truongxuanquang(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> Dear list
>
> I face with some problem in installation PostgreSQL 8.3 on winXP , long
> time before I used PostgreSQL and PostGIS for managing shape file data. Last
> week I tried to install PostgreSQL 8.4, after that I removed PostgreSQL 8.3
> (I only uninstalled inside windows control panel/add and then I deleted all
> folder inside window programs) and I reinstalled PostgreSQL 8.4, and
> problem was starting happen from this step, until now, I could not connect
> data by my user and password or start PostgreSQL8.4 service from
> Administrative Tools . Even I tried to uninstall and reinstall for at least
> 20 times, delete folder, remove user/password on Administrative Tools.
>
> Could you please help me to fix my problem
>
> So today I tried several of time as bellow
>
> 1.Add/remove PostgreSQL
> 2.delete postgres user and pass by NET USER postgres /delete
> 3. delete folder of postgreSQL
> 4. Delete in side regiter of winXP in side
> KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\
>
> But when I install it still got errors as the detail in
> install-postgresql.log, I added some few line of the last
> install-postgresql.log file
>
> *Starting the database server...*
> *Executing cscript //NoLogo "C:\Program
> Files\PostgreSQL\8.4\installer\server\startserver.vbs" postgresql-8.4*
> *Script exit code: 0*
> *
> *
> *Script output:*
> * Starting postgresql-8.4*
> *Service postgresql-8.4 started successfully*
> *startserver.vbs ran to completion*
> *
> *
> *Script stderr:*
>
> *Loading additional SQL modules...*
> *Executing cscript //NoLogo "C:\Program
> Files\PostgreSQL\8.4\installer\server\loadmodules.vbs" "postgres" "****"
> "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.4" "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.4\data"
> 5432 "1"*
> *Script exit code: 0*
>
> *Script output:*
> * Installing pl/pgsql in the template1 databases...*
> * Executing 'C:\DOCUME~1\quang\LOCALS~1\Temp\radEC6B1.bat'...*
> *psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061)*
> * Is the server running on host "???" and accepting*
> * TCP/IP connections on port 5432?*
> *
> *
> *Installing the adminpack module in the postgres database...*
> * Executing 'C:\DOCUME~1\quang\LOCALS~1\Temp\radEC6B1.bat'...*
> *psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061)*
> * Is the server running on host "???" and accepting*
> * TCP/IP connections on port 5432?*
> *
> *
> *loadmodules.vbs ran to completion*
> *
> *
> *Script stderr:*
> * *
> *[15:40:28] Write the data directory to the ini file...*
> *[15:40:28] Write the port number, service ID, locale and superuser to the
> ini file...*
> *[15:40:28] Write ServiceID(postgresql-8.4) to registry/ini...*
> *[15:40:28] Write Superuser to ini file and windows registry...*
> *[15:40:28] Write Service Account to ini file and windows registry...*
> *[15:40:28] Write the server description to the ini file...*
> *[15:40:28] Write the server branding to the ini file...*
> *[15:40:28] Write the 'whether stack-builder is disabled or not' to the
> ini file...*
> *[15:40:28] Finished running post-installation/upgrade tasks.*
> *Creating Uninstaller*
> *Creating uninstaller 25%*
> *Creating uninstaller 50%*
> *Creating uninstaller 75%*
> *Creating uninstaller 100%*
> *Installation completed*
> *Log finished 05/17/11 at 15:40:38*
>
>
> And when I started server by using pgAdim the server response as below:
>
> Server doesn't listen
>
> the server doesn't accept connections: the connection library repots
>
> could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061)Is the
> server running on host "127.0.0.1" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port
> 5432?
>
> Thank again and very sorry for this very long question
>
> Many thanks
>
> T.X.Quang.
>
>
>