This is apparently a common problem. I' m trying to install and get PostgreSQL up and running.
Yes, CYGWIN, the environment variable is set to "server" and file/dir permissions are set for the user and have r/w permissions. No matter if I use: initdb or pg_ctl initdb -D $DBDIR -l $DB_ADMINLOG -o "-X $XLOGDIR -U $DB_OWNER" No database is initialized and the "Bad system call" messages in a downward counting loop of shared_buffers appears on the screen. ending with] ...creating configuration files ... ok creating template1 database in /usr/local/share/db-datadir/base/1 ... child process was terminated by signal 12: Bad system call initdb: removing contents of data directory "/usr/local/share/db-datadir" initdb: removing contents of transaction log directory "/usr/local/share/db-logdir" --- Then tried to use pg_ctl start -D $DBDIR -l $DB_ADMINLOG to get the server up and it failed (it did say it was looking in $DBDIR for the config file which makes, sense as initdb failed and deletes the contents it just made) Still should be able to start the server, I think, so tried $ pg_ctl start - server starting It says server starting. But, no server was started or if it did it did in its infancy, but no event logs show a service being started. What are steps to use to get this database up and running. Would not using pg_ctl or init_db and just starting a server and create by hand a new database be easier an workable, or if now who to make them work or fix them.? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple