Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails on AIX

2011-08-11 Thread Nicholson, Brad (Toronto, ON, CA)
> -Original Message- > From: pgsql-admin-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-admin- > ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:22 PM > To: CS DBA > Cc: PG Admin > Subject: Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails on AIX > > CS DBA writes:

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails on AIX

2011-08-10 Thread CS DBA
On 08/10/2011 02:22 PM, Tom Lane wrote: CS DBA writes: On 08/10/2011 01:16 PM, Tom Lane wrote: This means that initdb tried to execute "postgres -V" and didn't get any output. What happens when you try that directly? See below. One oddity, if I compile without the --with-openssl flag (for t

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails on AIX

2011-08-10 Thread Tom Lane
CS DBA writes: > On 08/10/2011 01:16 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> This means that initdb tried to execute "postgres -V" and didn't get any >> output. What happens when you try that directly? > See below. One oddity, if I compile without the --with-openssl flag > (for the configure command) then it w

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails on AIX

2011-08-10 Thread CS DBA
On 08/10/2011 01:16 PM, Tom Lane wrote: CS DBA writes: We're getting the following error when we try to run initdb on an AIX box: fgets failure: Error 0 The program "postgres" is needed by initdb but was not found in the same directory as "/opt/app/postgres/904/bin/initdb". Check your installat

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails on AIX

2011-08-10 Thread Tom Lane
CS DBA writes: > We're getting the following error when we try to run initdb on an AIX box: > fgets failure: Error 0 > The program "postgres" is needed by initdb but was not found in the same > directory as "/opt/app/postgres/904/bin/initdb". > Check your installation. This means that initdb tr

[ADMIN] initdb fails on AIX

2011-08-10 Thread CS DBA
Hi All; We're getting the following error when we try to run initdb on an AIX box: fgets failure: Error 0 The program "postgres" is needed by initdb but was not found in the same directory as "/opt/app/postgres/904/bin/initdb". Check your installation. We did this: 1) installed (via source

[ADMIN] initdb fails on Windows - some shared memory problem

2007-11-08 Thread Abraham, Danny
And here are the logs 2007-11-08 15:25:39.493 DEBUG: invoking IpcMemoryCreate(size=67633152) 2007-11-08 15:25:39.493 DEBUG: mapped win32 error code 161 to 2 2007-11-08 15:25:39.493 FATAL: could not create shared memory segment: No such file or directory 2007-11-08 15:25:39.493 DETAI

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails

2005-12-07 Thread Simon Riggs
On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 11:04 -0700, Anne M. Hammond wrote: > If there is another way to do this, such as command line options > or environmental values for initdb, I haven't found it. There's no need to run initdb on the smaller machine. Run the initdb on the larger machine, then *while postmaste

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails

2005-12-07 Thread Tom Lane
"Anne M. Hammond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, when the server SHMMAX is smaller than the size required > by the defaults for shared_buffers and max_connections, I have > not been able to find a way (other than the above), to tell > initdb to use a nondefault values. Well, initdb is just

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails

2005-12-07 Thread Anne M. Hammond
Summary: I used a workstation where /usr/local/pgsql was mounted, and which had a larger SHMMAX. initdb worked there. Then I returned to the server, edited /usr/local/pgsql/data/pgsql.conf for smaller sizes than the default shared_buffers and max_connections. Thanks to Pandu and Tom Lane for

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails

2005-12-07 Thread Tom Lane
"Anne M. Hammond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So the shared memory request is greater than the SHMMAX in > the kernel. If I just wanted to use a smaller number of shared_buffers > (24), I tried editing /usr/local/pgsql/data/pgsql.conf. You're going to have to increase SHMMAX anyway, so you migh

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails

2005-12-07 Thread Pandurangan R S
Hi, The following link will help you http://www.powerpostgresql.com/Downloads/annotated_conf_80.html On 12/7/05, Anne M. Hammond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is running on a Solaris 8 machine. > > I installed V 7.4.7 to use with OpenACS. > > lcd[34]% /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/loca

[ADMIN] initdb fails

2005-12-07 Thread Anne M. Hammond
This is running on a Solaris 8 machine. I installed V 7.4.7 to use with OpenACS. lcd[34]% /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data ... selecting default max_connections... 10 selecting default shared_buffers... 50 creating configuration files... ok creating template1 database in /usr/

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails

2004-09-18 Thread Tom Burns
Yes. Cygwin IPC Daemon 2 is running as an NT service.Frans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Tom,Have You start Ipc-daemon before initdb ?-- Best Regards,Frans

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails

2004-09-15 Thread Frans
Hi Tom, Have You start Ipc-daemon before initdb ? -- Best Regards, Frans ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

[ADMIN] initdb fails

2004-09-15 Thread Tom Burns
Hi All, Just installed PostgreSQL 7.4.5 with Cigwin and get the output copied below when running initdb. Thanks in advance for any help. Tom $ initdb -dRunning in debug mode. initdb: internal variables:  PGDATA=/usr/share/postgresql/data  datadir=/usr/share/postgresql  PGPATH=/usr/bin  ENCODING=  E

[ADMIN] initdb fails on hpux

2004-06-20 Thread Mathew, Anitha
Hi, We are trying to install PostgreSql-7.4.2 on HPUX 11.23i. after installation initdb fails with the following error message. dome % ./bin/initdb -D /xxx/postgresql-7.4.2/data ./bin/initdb[127]: 1588 Killed ./bin/initdb[131]: 1589 Killed ./bin/initdb[136]: 1590 Killed The program /xxx/post

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails after installation on Mac OS X 10.2.6

2003-07-19 Thread Tom Lane
Fuat Atabey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [macbruegge65:~/Applications/pgsql] atabey% bin/initdb -D data > ... > creating template1 database in data/base/1... bin/initdb: line 582: > 7349 Abort trap "$PGPATH"/postgres -boot -x1 $PGSQL_OPT > $BACKEND_TALK_ARG template1 > initdb fa

[ADMIN] initdb fails after installation on Mac OS X 10.2.6

2003-07-19 Thread Fuat Atabey
Hello, i installed postgre 7.3.3. I used the Installation Instruction of postgre.org. The installation ran fine. However, when I ran the initdb command, it failed. The latest Apple Security Updates are installed. I changed the prefix to a local user account, because i have no admin rights.

[ADMIN] initdb fails after installation on Mac OS X 10.2

2003-02-17 Thread Craig Lawton
I've had PostgreSQL 7.1.3 running (Mac OS X) for a while. I recently upgraded to MAC OS X 10.2 (and it appeared that my 7.1.3 install of PostgreSQL no longer works). So I've been trying to upgrade to 7.3. The installation package ran fine. However, when I ran the initdb command, it failed.

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails after installation on Mac OS X 10.2

2003-02-15 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > So I've been trying to upgrade to 7.3. > The installation package ran fine. However, when I ran the initdb > command, it failed. It looks like the package you are using expects libcrypto version 0.9, and you have either no libcrypto or a different version installed. I

[ADMIN] initdb fails after installation on Mac OS X 10.2

2003-02-15 Thread lawtoc
I've had PostgreSQL 7.1.3 running (Mac OS X) for a while. I recently upgraded to MAC OS X 10.2 (and it appeared that my 7.1.3 install of PostgreSQL no longer works). So I've been trying to upgrade to 7.3. The installation package ran fine. However, when I ran the initdb command, it failed.

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails at initializing pg_shadow

2001-05-11 Thread Tom Lane
Joerg Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > FATAL 1: cannot open pg_class: No such file or directory Curious. Looking back at your previous trace, I realize that the first invocation of postgres -boot (which should have created pg_class) produced no debugging output except for the XLOG startup m

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails at initializing pg_shadow

2001-05-11 Thread Joerg Brandt
> Joerg Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is the following a bug or my mistake -- any hints? > > Looks like a problem all right ... which PG version is this exactly? Sorry, i forgot. postgresql version is 7.1.1, configure options are: --prefix=/opt/pgsql --with-tcl --with-openssl=/usr/lib/ss

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails at initializing pg_shadow

2001-05-10 Thread Tom Lane
Joerg Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is the following a bug or my mistake -- any hints? Looks like a problem all right ... which PG version is this exactly? >> Initializing pg_shadow. > initdb failed. > Removing temp file /tmp/initdb.11243. Unfortunately initdb shoves all the output from

[ADMIN] initdb fails at initializing pg_shadow

2001-05-10 Thread Joerg Brandt
Is the following a bug or my mistake -- any hints? The system: $ uname -a SunOS euklid 5.8 Generic_108528-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4 The user: $ id uid=440(postgres) gid=177(postgres) The problem: $ initdb -D /export/home/data/postgres -d Running with debug mode on. Initdb variables: PGDATA

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails in SuSE 6.0

1999-03-26 Thread Michael Dratz
Jan, thanks a lot! I will look into that later, when I have more time. Maybe I will come back to you if I have questions, or get some results. Have a nice weekend! Michael On 26-Mar-99 Jan Wieck wrote: >> >> >> When I just start it: >> postgres@hobbes:/usr/local/pgsql > pg_id >>

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails in SuSE 6.0

1999-03-26 Thread Jan Wieck
> > > When I just start it: > postgres@hobbes:/usr/local/pgsql > pg_id > 26 > > It tells me I can use a parameter: > postgres@hobbes:/usr/local/pgsql > pg_id -? > pg_id: invalid option -- ? > usage: pg_id [login] > > But when I do it, the following happens > postgres@hobbes:/usr/local/

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails in SuSE 6.0

1999-03-26 Thread Michael Dratz
When I just start it: postgres@hobbes:/usr/local/pgsql > pg_id 26 It tells me I can use a parameter: postgres@hobbes:/usr/local/pgsql > pg_id -? pg_id: invalid option -- ? usage: pg_id [login] But when I do it, the following happens postgres@hobbes:/usr/local/pgsql > pg_id pos

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails in SuSE 6.0

1999-03-26 Thread Michael Dratz
Jan, thank you for your quick answer! Yes, I ran ldconfig after installing postgres and the path is in ld.so.conf. So I`m still clueless! Michael On 26-Mar-99 Jan Wieck wrote: >> But initdb stops with the following message: >> >> [...] >> >> This happens despite the fact, that pg_id i

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails in SuSE 6.0

1999-03-26 Thread Jan Wieck
> > > Jan, > > thank you for your quick answer! > > Yes, I ran ldconfig after installing postgres and the path is in ld.so.conf. > So I`m still clueless! > > Michael > What happens if you run pg_id from the commandline? Jan -- #=

Re: [ADMIN] initdb fails in SuSE 6.0

1999-03-26 Thread Jan Wieck
> But initdb stops with the following message: > > [...] > > This happens despite the fact, that pg_id is in the path and the shared > libraries are set up properly. For 6.4 the version number of libpq.so changed. Did you run ldconfig AFTER the "make install" for postgres and is the

[ADMIN] initdb fails in SuSE 6.0

1999-03-26 Thread md
Hi! I just tried to upgrade to version 6.4.2. I followed the instruction and compiling and installing went fine. But initdb stops with the following message: postgres@hobbes:/usr/local/pgsql > initdb -d Running with debug mode on. initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/local1_template1.bki.sour