Re: PG 8.4 won't start on Windows Server 2008 64-bit - Mailing list pgsql-general

I uninstalled 8.4 and installed 8.3 with the same results. Any
thoughts? David

On 8/3/2010 11:37 AM, David R Robison wrote:
>  I ran postgres manually and got some additional information. The full
> log is
>
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000: postgres: PostmasterMain:
> initial environ dump:
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:736
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> -----------------------------------------
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:738
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> APPDATA=C:\Users\postgres\AppData\Roaming
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     CLIENTNAME=ORC-LPT-053
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> CommonProgramFiles=c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> CommonProgramFiles(x86)=c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> CommonProgramW6432=c:\Program Files\Common Files
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     COMPUTERNAME=TRAVELTIMEDEV
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> ComSpec=C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     HOMEDRIVE=C:
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     HOMEPATH=\Users\postgres
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Users\postgres\AppData\Local
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     LOGONSERVER=\\TRAVELTIMEDEV
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     OS=Windows_NT
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> Path=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432=AMD64
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=Intel64 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5, GenuineIntel
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     PROCESSOR_REVISION=1a05
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     ProgramData=C:\ProgramData
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     ProgramFiles=c:\Program
> Files (x86)
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> ProgramFiles(x86)=c:\Program Files (x86)
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     ProgramW6432=c:\Program Files
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     PROMPT=$P$G
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     PUBLIC=C:\Users\Public
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     SESSIONNAME=RDP-Tcp#0
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     SystemDrive=C:
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     SystemRoot=C:\Windows
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> TEMP=C:\Users\postgres\AppData\Local\Temp\2
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> TMP=C:\Users\postgres\AppData\Local\Temp\2
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     USERDOMAIN=TRAVELTIMEDEV
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     USERNAME=postgres
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     USERPROFILE=C:\Users\postgres
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     windir=C:\Windows
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> PGLOCALEDIR=C:/PostgreSQL/8.4/share/locale
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> PGSYSCONFDIR=C:/PostgreSQL/8.4/etc
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     LC_COLLATE=English_United
> States.1252
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     LC_CTYPE=English_United
> States.1252
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     LC_MONETARY=C
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     LC_NUMERIC=C
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     LC_TIME=C
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:     LC_MESSAGES=C
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:741
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000:
> -----------------------------------------
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  PostmasterMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\postmaster.c:743
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT DEBUG:  00000: TZ "US/Eastern" matches Windows
> timezone "Eastern Daylight Time"
> 2010-08-03 15:34:01 GMT LOCATION:  identify_system_timezone,
> .\src\timezone\pgtz.c:1088
> 2010-08-03 11:34:01 EDT DEBUG:  00000: invoking
> IpcMemoryCreate(size=37044224)
> 2010-08-03 11:34:01 EDT LOCATION:  CreateSharedMemoryAndSemaphores,
> .\src\backend\storage\ipc\ipci.c:130
> 2010-08-03 11:34:01 EDT DEBUG:  00000: max_safe_fds = 987, usable_fds
> = 1000, already_open = 3
> 2010-08-03 11:34:01 EDT LOCATION:  set_max_safe_fds,
> .\src\backend\storage\file\fd.c:479
> 2010-08-03 11:34:02 EDT DEBUG:  00000: logger shutting down
> 2010-08-03 11:34:02 EDT LOCATION:  SysLoggerMain,
> .\src\backend\postmaster\syslogger.c:446
> 2010-08-03 11:34:02 EDT DEBUG:  00000: shmem_exit(0): 0 callbacks to make
> 2010-08-03 11:34:02 EDT LOCATION:  shmem_exit,
> .\src\backend\storage\ipc\ipc.c:211
> 2010-08-03 11:34:02 EDT DEBUG:  00000: proc_exit(0): 0 callbacks to make
> 2010-08-03 11:34:02 EDT LOCATION:  proc_exit_prepare,
> .\src\backend\storage\ipc\ipc.c:183
> 2010-08-03 11:34:02 EDT DEBUG:  00000: exit(0)
> 2010-08-03 11:34:02 EDT LOCATION:  proc_exit,
> .\src\backend\storage\ipc\ipc.c:135
>
> Hope this helps.
> David
>
> On 8/3/2010 11:05 AM, David R Robison wrote:
>>  I installed PostgreSQL 8.4 using the one-click installer. However,
>> the postgres-8.4 windows service will not start. I have checked the
>> Windows Event Log but there are no entries except one saying that the
>> service start timed out. I checked the pg_log directory and all that
>> is logged is
>>
>> 2010-08-03 10:42:26 EDT DEBUG:  00000: logger shutting down
>> 2010-08-03 10:42:26 EDT LOCATION:  SysLoggerMain,
>> .\src\backend\postmaster\syslogger.c:446
>> 2010-08-03 10:42:26 EDT DEBUG:  00000: shmem_exit(0): 0 callbacks to
>> make
>> 2010-08-03 10:42:26 EDT LOCATION:  shmem_exit,
>> .\src\backend\storage\ipc\ipc.c:211
>> 2010-08-03 10:42:26 EDT DEBUG:  00000: proc_exit(0): 0 callbacks to make
>> 2010-08-03 10:42:26 EDT LOCATION:  proc_exit_prepare,
>> .\src\backend\storage\ipc\ipc.c:183
>> 2010-08-03 10:42:26 EDT DEBUG:  00000: exit(0)
>> 2010-08-03 10:42:26 EDT LOCATION:  proc_exit,
>> .\src\backend\storage\ipc\ipc.c:135
>>
>> Any ideas how to get this to work?
>>
>> Thanks in advance, David
>>
>

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