| From: | Aarni Ruuhimäki / Megative Tmi / KYMI(dot)com <aarni(dot)ruuhimaki(at)kymi(dot)com> |
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| To: | Simopoulos <msimopou(at)mbvlab(dot)wpafb(dot)af(dot)mil> |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Newbie Stupid Question |
| Date: | 2002-07-12 17:44:08 |
| Message-ID: | 20020712174612.YRXR5242.fep08.tmt.tele.fi@there |
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Hi !
Have you run initdb and then started postmaster with -i switch ?
BR,
aarni
On Thursday 11 July 2002 05:02 pm, you wrote:
> Hi All
> I have just installed PostgreSQL on my duel booted Windows 98/Red Hat Linux
> system. I just want to experiment/learn/play with the db without
> interfering with real dbs so I'm not connected to anything. No surprise
> when I get the error with the first createdb at the end of the
> installation, which states:
>
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket
> "tmp/.S.PGSQL.5432"?
> createdb: database creation failed
>
> Can anyone help, I'm almost done!
> Peace,
> Marsie
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