Re: initdb fails

Michael,

On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 01:30:04PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 06:13:43PM +0200, schopen(at)dimdi(dot)de wrote:
> > bash-2.04$ bin/initdb
> > This database system will be initialized with username "schopen".
> > This user will own all the data files and must also own the server
> > process.
> >
> > Creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data
> > [snip]
> > Initializing pg_shadow.
> >
> > initdb failed.
> > Removing /usr/share/postgresql/data.
> > Removing temp file /tmp/initdb.194.
> >
> > Any help? Thanks a lot.
>
> I just tried the above with the following configuration:
>
> NT 4.0 SP6a
> PostgreSQL 7.1-2
> cygipc 1.09-2
> Cygwin 1.1.8-2 (with cygwin1.dll replaced by cygwin1-20010416.dll.bz2)
>
> and the initdb worked as expected.

The plot thickens or I spoke too soon.

Although initdb works, I am getting the following errors when I connect
to postmaster:

# server side
$ postmaster
DEBUG: database system was shut down at 2001-04-18 15:12:29
DEBUG: CheckPoint record at (0, 1563376)
DEBUG: Redo record at (0, 1563376); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown TRUE
DEBUG: NextTransactionId: 619; NextOid: 18720
DEBUG: database system is in production state
pq_flush: send() failed: The connection was aborted
pq_recvbuf: recv() failed: errno ESHUTDOWN triggered

# client side
$ psql -l
psql: pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
before or while processing the request.

The Cygwin snapshot from 4/13/2001 works but the one from 4/14/2001
doesn't. I'm trying to determine why. I will report back when I get
more information.

If anyone wants to help, please jump in.

Thanks,
Jason

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