Re: Problems when initdb on AIX 5.3

The server and AIX are obsolete but it does not depend on me updating the
hardware and software.
I find myself working badly, I am aware of it, but I cannot change things.

Thank you for your help. I will try to come up with something.

Cordially

Francesco Vecchio

Il giorno mar 18 set 2018 alle ore 13:08 Francesco Vecchio <
franco(dot)vecchio(at)gmail(dot)com> ha scritto:

> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with the command:
>
> *# initdb -D /geasql/data*
>
> which after displaying:
>
> *selecting default max_connections …*
>
> it stops and does not proceed.
>
> I tried on another server and the problem is the same.
>
> The *ps* command list initdb followed by the following process:
>
> */opt/freeware/bin/postgres --boot **-x0 -F -c max_connections=100 -c
> shared_buffers=1000*
>
> The following lines are the output of the initdb command:
>
> *$* *initdb –-debug -D /**geasql/data*. . . .
>
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
> "postgres".
>
> This user must also own the server process.
>
> VERSION=9.3.5
>
> PGDATA=/geasql/data
>
> share_path=/opt/freeware/share/postgresql
>
> PGPATH=/opt/freeware/bin
>
> POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=postgres
>
> POSTGRES_BKI=/opt/freeware/share/postgresql/postgres.bki
>
> POSTGRES_DESCR=/opt/freeware/share/postgresql/postgres.description
>
> POSTGRES_SHDESCR=/opt/freeware/share/postgresql/postgres.shdescription
>
>
> POSTGRESQL_CONF_SAMPLE=/opt/freeware/share/postgresql/postgresql.conf.sample
>
> PG_HBA_SAMPLE=/opt/freeware/share/postgresql/pg_hba.conf.sample
>
> PG_IDENT_SAMPLE=/opt/freeware/share/postgresql/pg_ident.conf.sample
>
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale "en_US".
>
> The default database encoding has accordingly been set to "LATIN1".
>
> The default text search configuration will be set to "english".
>
> Data page checksums are disabled.
>
> fixing permissions on existing directory /geasql/data ... ok
>
> creating subdirectories ... ok
>
> *selecting default max_connections ...*
>
>
> ******
>
> Il server è IBM
>
> *System Model: 7029-6E3*
>
> *Processor Type: PowerPC_POWER4*
>
> *CPU Type: 64-bit*
>
> *Kernel Type: 32-bit*
>
> *Memory Size: 2048 MB*
>
> *S.O. AIX 5.2*
>
> *Postgresql and dependences I downloaded from the site www.oss4aix.org
> <http://www.oss4aix.org> strictly respecting the deps of the site.*
>
> *# ls*
>
> bash-4.3-5.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> db4-4.7.25-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> gdbm-1.10-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> gettext-0.10.40-8.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
>
> info-5.1-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> krb5-libs-1.9.4-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> libgcc-4.6.3-2.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
>
> libgcrypt-1.5.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> libgpg-error-1.12-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> libiconv-1.14-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> libxml2-2.9.1-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> libxslt-1.1.28-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> openldap-2.4.23-0.3.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> openssl-1.0.1i-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> perl-5.8.8-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> postgresql-9.3.5-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
>
> postgresql-contrib-9.3.5-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
>
> postgresql-docs-9.3.5-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
>
> postgresql-libs-9.3.5-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
>
> postgresql-server-9.3.5-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
>
> readline-6.3-5.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> xz-libs-5.0.5-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
>
> zlib-1.2.3-4.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
>
> *The installation did not report any anomaly!*
>
> *# rpm -Uhv *.rpm*
>
> bash ##################################################
>
> db4 ##################################################
>
> gdbm ##################################################
>
> gettext ##################################################
>
> warning: /opt/freeware/info/dir created as /opt/freeware/info/dir.rpmnew
>
> info ##################################################
>
> Please check that /etc/info-dir does exist.
>
> You might have to rename it from /etc/info-dir.rpmsave to /etc/info-dir.
>
> krb5-libs ##################################################
>
> libgcc ##################################################
>
> libgcrypt ##################################################
>
> libgpg-error ##################################################
>
> libiconv ##################################################
>
> libxml2 ##################################################
>
> libxslt ##################################################
>
> openldap ##################################################
>
> openssl ##################################################
>
> perl ##################################################
>
> postgresql ##################################################
>
> postgresql-contrib ##################################################
>
> postgresql-docs ##################################################
>
> postgresql-libs ##################################################
>
> postgresql-server ##################################################
>
> readline ##################################################
>
> xz-libs ##################################################
>
> zlib ##################################################
>
> ******
>
> Can you help me understand the problem?
>
> Regards
>
> Francesco
>