Re: BUG #4825: Before installation the server not running - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Craig Ringer
Subject Re: BUG #4825: Before installation the server not running
Date
Msg-id 4A1E4914.8080409@postnewspapers.com.au
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In response to BUG #4825: Before installation the server not running  ("Herbert Bonaffini" <hgsystem.mail@gmail.com>)
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Herbert Bonaffini wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      4825
> Logged by:          Herbert Bonaffini
> Email address:      hgsystem.mail@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.3.7-1
> Operating system:   Windows
> Description:        Before installation the server not running
> Details:
>
> Dear PostgreSQL support,
>
> i installed PostgreSQL on Windows XP (just formatted),
> but after the installation the Server PostgreSQL
> not running.
>
> The error message is:
>
> could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061) Is the
> server running on host "127.0.0.1" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port
> 5432?
>
> If i use the version 8.3.3 everything works well.

That's not necessarily a bug.

Did you install under the same user account?

Have you checked the Event Viewer to see if there are any errors
starting PostgreSQL? (Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Event
Viewer on WinXP).

Have you looked at the PostgreSQL log files to see what, if anything,
went wrong starting up?

--
Craig Ringer

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