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- Stuart
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Marcotte [mailto:paul@fancybread.com]
> Sent: 27 February 2002 20:51
> Postgresql 7.2
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Following all the instruction I could find, I installed Cygwin with
> latest Postgresql (7.2) and cygipc (1.11-1).
>
> created a postgres user in win2k.
> created the /usr/local/pgsql/data dir using the postgres user
> ran initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data without problems
>
> Installed pgADmin II
>
> I can start and stop the server using pg_ctl.
> I can connect to Postgresql through pgAdmin when I start
> postmaster with
> the -i option
>
> My problem is that I can't use psql. I get an error -
> Segmentation fault
> (core dumped)
>
> logfile reads:
> pg_recvbuf: unexpected EOF on client connection
> incomplete startup packet
>
> Nor can I use createdb!
> Error Signal 11 with same logfile remarks
>
> Before I have to rely on the GUI to get by, I would like to
> have a firm
> grasp of psql through command line.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Paul Marcotte
>
>
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