Re: initdb failure

Hello,

That would be because cygserver is not running or not included in your
path.

If you search the list a few folks have posted scripts which can be used
on XP Home to start the db.

Mike

On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 09:59, John Wilcher wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I received the following error after attempting to initialize the database
> within Cygwin.
>
> selecting default shared_buffers... Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> 50
> creating configuration files... ok
> creating template1 database in /user/local/pgsql/data/ba
>
> initdb: failed
> initdb: removing data directory "/user/local/pgsql/data"
>
> Any help is appreciated. Here is my configuration dump:
>
> $ cygcheck -s
>
> Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
> Current System Time: Fri Aug 06 10:48:18 2004
>
> Windows XP Home Edition Ver 5.1 Build 2600
>
> Path: C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
> C:\cygwin\bin
> C:\cygwin\bin
> C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
> c:\WINDOWS\system32
> c:\WINDOWS
> c:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
> c:\Program Files\PuTTY
> c:\java\apache-ant-1.6.1\bin
> c:\java\j2sdk1.4.2_04
> .\
>
> Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
> UID: 1006(John) GID: 513(None)
> 513(None)
>
> Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
> UID: 1006(John) GID: 513(None)
> 0(root) 513(None)
> 544(Administrators) 545(Users)
>
> SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\System32
> WinDir: C:\WINDOWS
>
> HOME = `C:\cygwin\home\John'
> MAKE_MODE = `unix'
> PWD = `/home/John'
> USER = `John'
>
> Use `-r' to scan registry
>
> c: hd NTFS 28576Mb 28% CP CS UN PA FC
> d: hd FAT 62Mb 67% CP UN FLASH DISK
> e: cd N/A N/A
>
> C:\cygwin / system binmode
> C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode
> C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode
> . /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive
>
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe
> Not Found: cpp (good!)
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
> Not Found: gcc
> Not Found: gdb
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe
> Not Found: ld
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
> Not Found: make
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
> Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe
>
> 61k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll
> 7k 2003/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypt-0.dll
> 841k 2004/03/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto-0.9.7.dll
> 45k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll
> 35k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll
> 48k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform7.dll
> 28k 2003/07/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-3.dll
> 30k 2003/08/11 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-4.dll
> 19k 2003/03/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll
> 15k 2003/07/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-3.dll
> 15k 2003/08/11 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-4.dll
> 107k 2004/07/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggettextlib-0-14-1.dll
> 17k 2004/07/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggettextpo-0.dll
> 190k 2004/07/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggettextsrc-0-14-1.dll
> 17k 2001/06/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll
> 29k 2003/08/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll
> 991k 2004/07/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll
> 22k 2001/12/13 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll
> 37k 2003/08/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll
> 54k 2004/07/06 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-3.dll
> 26k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll
> 20k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll
> 29k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu7.dll
> 156k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll
> 175k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll
> 226k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll
> 202k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll
> 224k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses7.dll
> 15k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll
> 12k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll
> 19k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel7.dll
> 62k 2003/12/11 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre-0.dll
> 63k 2003/04/11 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre.dll
> 9k 2003/12/11 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix-0.dll
> 61k 2003/04/11 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix.dll
> 108k 2001/06/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll
> 148k 2003/08/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll
> 171k 2004/03/17 C:\cygwin\bin\cygssl-0.9.7.dll
> 61k 2003/12/04 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll
> 1126k 2004/05/26 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll
> Cygwin DLL version info:
> DLL version: 1.5.10
> DLL epoch: 19
> DLL bad signal mask: 19005
> DLL old termios: 5
> DLL malloc env: 28
> API major: 0
> API minor: 116
> Shared data: 4
> DLL identifier: cygwin1
> Mount registry: 2
> Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
> Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
> Program options name: Program Options
> Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
> Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
> Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
> Cygdrive default prefix:
> Build date: Tue May 25 22:07:00 EDT 2004
> CVS tag: cr-0x5e6
> Shared id: cygwin1S4
>
>
> Cygwin Package Information
> Package Version
> _update-info-dir 00227-1
> ash 20040127-1
> base-files 2.6-1
> base-passwd 1.1-1
> bash 2.05b-16
> bzip2 1.0.2-5
> crypt 1.1-1
> cygrunsrv 1.0-1
> cygwin 1.5.10-3
> diffutils 2.8.7-1
> editrights 1.01-1
> fileutils 4.1-2
> findutils 4.1.7-4
> gawk 3.1.4-3
> gdbm 1.8.3-7
> grep 2.5-1
> groff 1.18.1-2
> gzip 1.3.5-1
> less 381-1
> libbz2_1 1.0.2-5
> libgdbm 1.8.0-5
> libgdbm-devel 1.8.3-7
> libgdbm3 1.8.3-3
> libgdbm4 1.8.3-7
> libgettextpo0 0.14.1-1
> libiconv2 1.9.2-1
> libintl1 0.10.40-1
> libintl2 0.12.1-3
> libintl3 0.14.1-1
> libncurses5 5.2-1
> libncurses6 5.2-8
> libncurses7 5.3-4
> libpcre 4.1-1
> libpcre0 4.5-1
> libreadline4 4.1-2
> libreadline5 4.3-5
> login 1.9-7
> man 1.5k-3
> mktemp 1.5-3
> ncurses 5.3-4
> openssl 0.9.7d-1
> postgresql 7.4.3-1
> readline 4.3-5
> sed 4.0.9-2
> sh-utils 2.0.15-4
> tar 1.13.25-5
> termcap 20021106-2
> terminfo 5.3_20030726-1
> texinfo 4.2-4
> textutils 2.0.21-1
> which 1.5-2
> zlib 1.2.1-1
> Use -h to see help about each section
>
> Thanks!
>
> John Wilcher
>
>
>
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