Re: beta3 winxp initdb problems - Mailing list pgsql-general

Hi.

I understand that you are using NOD32 software. To correct install
postgres you must first uninstall IMON from NOD32.
IMON is som how intgerete with windows socket and somehow brake
communication with postgresql database.

Piotr Filipczuk

BARTKO, Zoltán wrote:

>Hello, folks,
>
>I am trying to install pgsql8 on winxp. I tried first to install "as
>is" with pginstaller beta2-dev3, no luck, it froze, switched off
>Nod32, froze a little later, ran through the list of services,
>switched off anything that seemed to be a firewall, no luck.
>
>So I compiled beta3 with mingw, installed, and now initdb keeps
>telling me this:
>
><listing>
>Microsoft Windows XP [Verzia 5.1.2600]
>(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>
>C:\WINDOWS\system32>d:
><snip/>
>D:\tmp\data>initdb
>The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
>"postgresql".
>This user must also own the server process.
>
>The database cluster will be initialized with locale Slovak_Slovakia.1250.
>
>fixing permissions on existing directory d:/tmp/data ... ok
>creating directory d:/tmp/data/global ... ok
>creating directory d:/tmp/data/pg_xlog ... ok
>creating directory d:/tmp/data/pg_xlog/archive_status ... ok
>creating directory d:/tmp/data/pg_clog ... ok
>creating directory d:/tmp/data/pg_subtrans ... ok
>creating directory d:/tmp/data/base ... ok
>creating directory d:/tmp/data/base/1 ... ok
>creating directory d:/tmp/data/pg_tblspc ... ok
>selecting default max_connections ... 10
>selecting default shared_buffers ... 50
>creating configuration files ... ok
>creating template1 database in d:/tmp/data/base/1 ... FATAL:  could
>not select a
> suitable default timezone
>DETAIL:  It appears that your GMT time zone uses leap seconds.
>PostgreSQL does n
>ot support leap seconds.
>child process was terminated by signal 1
>initdb: failed
>initdb: removing contents of data directory "d:/tmp/data"
>
>D:\tmp\data>
>
></listing>
>
>now, beta2 reported no problems with initdb, it just never finished
>the installation and even if I tell my computer I am located in
>London, UK, use Greenwich Mean Time, I still get this fatal error.
>
>I have no idea what to do...
>
>please, give me some advice.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Zoltan
>
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