Re: initdb/ipc-daemon error

Kevin Schroeder wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm trying to get PostgreSQL running as a service on Windows and
> I'm having some issues getting the PostgreSQL system initialized.
> I've got the IPC daemon running, ipctest seems to work (it's not
> reporting any errors) and I'm running it from the PostgreSQL user...
> in my case SRV_PostgreSQL.
>
> When I try to run initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data I get an error
> stating "IpcSemaphoreCreate: semget(key=1, num=17, 03600) failed:
> Function not implemented". In checking the mailing lists the most
> common problem was the files in the /tmp directory or an outdated
> ipc-daemon program. /tmp has been cleared (and the ipc-daemon program
> restarted from the Service Control window) and I'm using cygipc v
> 2.01.2 which I just updated today.
>
> Does anyone know what might be causing this?
>
> Thanks
> Kevin Schroeder

I had this problem too, but ended up just using the command line and
starting up manually. If you find a solution, i would be interested in it.
Thanks.

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