Re: PG 9.1 on windows setup problem

Il 20/04/2016 15:34, Adrian Klaver ha scritto:
> On 04/20/2016 01:57 AM, Moreno Andreo wrote:
>> Hello,
>>      I have a strange problem.
>> I'm installing PostgreSQL 9.1 on Windows XP Home SP3 (don't ask!!! :-))
>
> Where did you get the binary/installer?
PostgreSQL official site
>
>> and facing the following problem (pasted from log)
>>
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>> [...]
>> Starting the database server...
>> Executing cscript //NoLogo "C:\PGSql\installer\server\startserver.vbs"
>> postgresql-9.1
>> Script exit code: 1
>>
>> Script output:
>>   Starting postgresql-9.1
>> Failed to start the database server (14)
>>
>> Script stderr:
>>   Program ended with an error exit code
>> [...]
>> ------------------
>>
>> All seems to be OK, initdb seems OK, if I run
>>          pg_ctl -D <data dir> start
>> the server starts and populates its log (in \pg_log) with no strange
>> things
>> Antivirus software is disabled
>> Firewall is disabled
>>
>> We have a customized (unattended and parameter-driven) PostgreSQL setup
>> inside out application setup. To exclude even this, I tried to install
>> PG using setup with its own GUI, but no luck.
>>
>> I'd like to know the meaning of that (14) error code, just to dig
>> further in the problem.
>> Also, is there an installation error codes reference somewhere?
>
> Have you looked in startserver.vbs?
Looked now :-)
No luck :-(
>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Moreno.-
>>
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