Hi Tom, sorry for not replying for so long. LC_ALL is set to 'en_us'. We finally got it to run by setting LC_MESSAGES to 'C'. But since we will have to redo this we'll try -d then.
thanks a lot Gerd . "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > "GB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I just tried a fresh install of pg 7.3.1 on a SuSE 8.1 box. I keep getting > > messages like > > Failed to initialize lc_messages to '' > > during initdb. I already tried --locale=C but no help. Anyone any > > ideas? > > Try initdb with -d option and show us the (last few lines of) output. > Also, what is your LANG/LC_ALL setting? Does the -d output change > when you use --locale=C? > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
