Re: PostgreSQL 8.0.1-2 WinXP Services

have you by any chance a local firewall software installed?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ilias Goudaropoulos" <ig(at)freemail(dot)gr>
To: "PostgreSQL Mailing List Novice" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] PostgreSQL 8.0.1-2 WinXP Services

> Thank you all for replying but nothing suggested can solve my problem.
>
> I should tell that I tried to install the DB to the default folders and
> the following folders:
> 1) PostgreSQL files in C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL
> 2) Databases files in D:\DBASES
>
> Neither worked.
>
> I am giving you below the error messages I get during installation.
> Some of you asked for this information. So here it is. Maybe you can
> make some sense of it if you are experienced enough. It is all Greek
> to me:
>
> *********************************************************
> During the "Activating procedural languages" installation
> part, I get:
>
> "Failed to connect to the database. Procedural
> languages files are installed, but are not activated in
> any databases."
>
> When I press OK it continues and I get:
>
> "server closed the connection unexpectedly
> This probably means the server terminated
> abnormally before or while processing the request."
>
> When I press OK again, it continues and I get:
>
> "Failed to connect to the 'template1' database. Contrib
> files are installed, but are not activated in any databases."
>
> Pressing OK for a final time gives me this:
>
> "could not send startup packet: Connection reset by
> peer (0x00002746/10054)"
>
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