Hello Michael, I can see that there are Bacula packages ( https://packages.debian.org/trixie/bacula) for Debian 13 (trixie).
Why are you trying to install it from source ? Best regards Davide On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 22:27 Michael Caruso <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings all. I'm trying to get Bacula community running at home to > provide backup services in my home lab and keep running into roadblocks, > most of which are my fault. I'm not an expert in Linux or c, my background > is in web development, but I'm learning. I'm on my fourth attempt, > starting with a clean install of the OS (Debian 13 (trixie), install > development tools, install PostgreSQL, and then build and install Bacula > from source as there are no packages available yet for Debian 13. The > documentation I've found has provided bits of insight but all of it seems > outdated, some don't even indicate PostgreSQL is a viable db solution. > > My current dilemma seems to be that, when the Director starts, it can't > connect to the database. I've been running the Director in debug mode like > this: > > michaelc@bacula:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/bacula-dir -dt -f -c > /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf > > and get this: > > 04-Nov-2025 16:13:21 bacula-dir: dird.c:1540-0 Could not open Catalog > "MyCatalog", database "bacula". > 04-Nov-2025 16:13:21 bacula-dir: dird.c:1546-0 postgresql.c:435 Unable to > connect to PostgreSQL server. Database=bacula User=bacula > Possible causes: SQL server not running; password incorrect; > max_connections exceeded. > 04-Nov 16:13 bacula-dir ERROR TERMINATION > Please correct configuration file: /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf > > I have a user in the OS, bacula, and the same in the database. When > working as the bacula user, I can manually connect to the database using > psql like this (the server name is bacula): > > bacula@bacula:~$ psql -U bacula -d bacula > > I can see the database and all the tables and run queries. However, if I > start the director as the bacula user, I get a different error: > > bacula@bacula:~$ /usr/sbin/bacula-dir -dt -f -c > /etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf > 05-Nov-2025 14:48:37 bacula-dir: smartall.c:418-0 Orphaned buffer: > bacula-dir 1048 bytes at 7fd0a400b338 from lib/berrno.h:92 > > Which implies a different problem. At this point I'm in over my head. I > understand the Orphaned buffer error but have no idea where to go from here. > > There's a lot I don't know about how services run in linux, but I'm > hjoping someone can point me in the right direction. > > TIA, > -- > Michael Caruso > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >
_______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
