>
>
> --------------E19EB0EED44B2E40075ECC9E
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> Hi to all !
>
> I am having an utter bitch of a time getting postgres up and running.
> I am using it on a redhat 5.0 system (P166, 64 meg 4 gb HD), using
> kernel 2.0.32 and
> installed it with the following rpms:
>
> postgresql-6.2.1-7
> postgresql-data-6.2.1-7
> postgresql-devel-6.2.1-7
>
> my data directory is /var/lib/pgsql, and I am able to connect to my
> "database" template1 with the command psql template1.
>
> I cannot create a new database with createdb - I get the following
> error message:
> /bin/createdb: can't find the monitor program!
>
> if I use psql or monitor, these also die (monitor because of an
> inability to find an old libc.so.4)
Monitor? That was removed in version 1.?. You must have a very old
release there. Go to ftp.postgresql.org or www.postgresql.org and get a
newer version.
>
> initdb doesn't work either, due to
> initdb: POSTGRESHOME not set
> error
>
> What is the problem? All the progs are on the path.
>
> There is nothing about the POSTGRESHOME variable in the documentation.
>
> Needless to say, this group is nearly my last resort. Could someone please tell me
>what is going on?
>
> Also if you could post the reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED], I'd be much obliged.
>
> thanks,
>
> Leon
>
> --
> Leon Harris
> Visiting Fellow
> Room 221, Bldg 3
> 3 Centre Drive, Bethesda, MD
> National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
> National Institutes of Health.
> phone 301 496 6390
>
>
>
> --------------E19EB0EED44B2E40075ECC9E
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> <HTML>
> Hi to all !
>
> <P>I am having an utter bitch of a time getting postgres up and running.
> <BR>I am using it on a redhat 5.0 system (P166, 64 meg 4 gb HD), using
> kernel 2.0.32 and
> <BR>installed it with the following rpms:
>
> <P>postgresql-6.2.1-7
> <BR>postgresql-data-6.2.1-7
> <BR>postgresql-devel-6.2.1-7
>
> <P>my data directory is /var/lib/pgsql, and I am able to connect to my
> "database" template1 with the command psql template1.
>
> <P>I cannot create a new database with createdb - I get the following
> error message:
> <BR>/bin/createdb: can't find the monitor program!
>
> <P>if I use psql or monitor, these also die (monitor because of an inability
> to find an old libc.so.4)
>
> <P>initdb doesn't work either, due to
> <BR>initdb: POSTGRESHOME not set
> <BR>error
> <PRE>What is the problem? All the progs are on the path.</PRE>
>
> <PRE>There is nothing about the POSTGRESHOME variable in the documentation.</PRE>
>
> <PRE>Needless to say, this group is nearly my last resort. Could someone please tell
>me what is going on?</PRE>
>
> <PRE>Also if you could post the reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED], I'd be much
>obliged.</PRE>
>
> <PRE></PRE>
>
> <PRE>thanks,</PRE>
>
> <PRE>Leon</PRE>
>
> <PRE></PRE>
>
> <PRE></PRE>
>
> <PRE></PRE>
>
> <PRE>--
> Leon Harris
> Visiting Fellow
> Room 221, Bldg 3
> 3 Centre Drive, Bethesda, MD
> National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
> National Institutes of Health.
> phone 301 496 6390</PRE>
> </HTML>
>
> --------------E19EB0EED44B2E40075ECC9E--
>
>
>
--
Bruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
+ If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w)
+ Christ can be your backup. | (610) 853-3000(h)
