Re: Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''

>> I just tried a fresh install of pg 7.3.1 on a SuSE
8.1 box. I keep getting
>> messages like
>> Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
>> during initdb. I already tried --locale=C but no
help. Anyone any
>> ideas?

>Try initdb with -d option and show us the (last few
lines of) output.
>Also, what is your LANG/LC_ALL setting? Does the -d
output change
>when you use --locale=C?
>
> regards, tom lane

Hi,

I've had this same problem trying to install 7.3.3 on
Suse 8.0. Here is the abridged logfile, as requested.
THe -d output does not change when using --locale=C.
LANG is set to en_US and LC_ALL is set to C.

[Begin logfile]

initdb variables:
PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
datadir=/usr/local/pgsql/share
PGPATH=/usr/local/pgsql/bin
ENCODING=
ENCODINGID=0
POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=postgres
POSTGRES_BKI=/usr/local/pgsql/share/postgres.bki

POSTGRES_DESCR=/usr/local/pgsql/share/postgres.description

POSTGRESQL_CONF_SAMPLE=/usr/local/pgsql/share/postgresql.conf.sample

PG_HBA_SAMPLE=/usr/local/pgsql/share/pg_hba.conf.sample

PG_IDENT_SAMPLE=/usr/local/pgsql/share/pg_ident.conf.sample
Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
DEBUG: invoking IpcMemoryCreate(size=983040)
LOG: database system was shut down at 2003-06-27
19:38:13 EDT
LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/10
LOG: redo record is at 0/10; undo record is at 0/10;
shutdown TRUE
LOG: next transaction id: 3; next oid: 16384
LOG: database system is ready
DEBUG: start transaction
DEBUG: creating bootstrap relation pg_proc...

...
[168000+ lines of insertions, etc]
...
DEBUG: start transaction
DEBUG: commit transaction
DEBUG: proc_exit(0)
DEBUG: shmem_exit(0)
DEBUG: exit(0)
Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
LOG: database system was shut down at 2003-06-27
19:38:17 EDT
LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/74
LOG: redo record is at 0/74; undo record is at 0/0;
shutdown TRUE
LOG: next transaction id: 3; next oid: 16652
LOG: database system is ready
LOG: shutting down
LOG: database system is shut down
Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
LOG: database system was shut down at 2003-06-27
19:38:17 EDT
LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/8F24
LOG: redo record is at 0/8F24; undo record is at 0/0;
shutdown TRUE
LOG: next transaction id: 11; next oid: 16654
LOG: database system is ready
LOG: shutting down
LOG: database system is shut down
Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
LOG: database system was shut down at 2003-06-27
19:38:17 EDT
LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/44800
LOG: redo record is at 0/44800; undo record is at
0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG: next transaction id: 21; next oid: 16681
LOG: database system is ready
LOG: shutting down
LOG: database system is shut down
Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
LOG: database system was shut down at 2003-06-27
19:38:17 EDT
LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/F671C
LOG: redo record is at 0/F671C; undo record is at
0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG: next transaction id: 43; next oid: 16681
LOG: database system is ready
LOG: shutting down
LOG: database system is shut down
Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
LOG: database system was shut down at 2003-06-27
19:38:18 EDT
LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/1515D4
LOG: redo record is at 0/1515D4; undo record is at
0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG: next transaction id: 72; next oid: 16765
LOG: database system is ready
LOG: shutting down
LOG: database system is shut down
Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
LOG: database system was shut down at 2003-06-27
19:38:18 EDT
LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/1BA9D8
LOG: redo record is at 0/1BA9D8; undo record is at
0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG: next transaction id: 77; next oid: 16771
LOG: database system is ready
LOG: shutting down
LOG: database system is shut down
Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
LOG: database system was shut down at 2003-06-27
19:38:18 EDT
LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/213008
LOG: redo record is at 0/213008; undo record is at
0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG: next transaction id: 420; next oid: 16975
LOG: database system is ready
LOG: shutting down
LOG: database system is shut down
Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
LOG: database system was shut down at 2003-06-27
19:38:18 EDT
LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/490120
LOG: redo record is at 0/490120; undo record is at
0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG: next transaction id: 425; next oid: 16975
LOG: database system is ready
LOG: shutting down
LOG: database system is shut down
Failed to initialize lc_messages to ''
LOG: database system was shut down at 2003-06-27
19:38:19 EDT
LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/7FAD6C
LOG: redo record is at 0/7FAD6C; undo record is at
0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG: next transaction id: 466; next oid: 16975
LOG: database system is ready
LOG: shutting down
LOG: database system is shut down

[End logfile]

Thanks for any assistance.

Shawn

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