Re: BUG #6164: Flashing dialog

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Kyle Fox <kyle(dot)fox(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> I used the installer to install Postgres 9.0 on my Mac, and now every 10
>> seconds a dialog message flashes and immediately disappears, and STEALS
>> FOCUS.
>
> The focus-stealing sounds like a problem coming from the EDB installer
> you said you used, and you'll have to complain to those folks about
> it.

No it doesn't, unless the OP has found some weird bug in pgAdmin or
StackBuilder.

Sounds to me more like OSX is throwing the dialogue for some reason
when the launch daemon tries to load the service. Try running:

sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.edb.launchd.postgresql-8.4

That should stop it trying to start the server, at least until the
next reboot (enough to hopefully see if the focus issue is resolved).
To completely uninstall, use

sudo open /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/uninstall-postgresql.app/

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