Re: InitDB Failure on install

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magnus Hagander [mailto:mha@sollentuna.net]
> Sent: 20 August 2004 12:00
> To: Dave Page; Mario Ivankovits; pgsql-hackers-win32@postgresql.org
> Cc: Andreas Pflug
> Subject: RE: [pgsql-hackers-win32] InitDB Failure on install
>
> > > I removed our postgres installation and tried to install it in
> > > "install mode" through an ts session - it doesnt worked anyway.
> > >
> > > So i went to our console and reinstalled it - with success.
> >
> > OK, thanks. I committed a patch for this last night BTW. One thing
> > that struck me this morning though - the patch checks that
> > %SESSIONNAME% == "Console" (as oppsed to something like
> > ICA-tcp#45 as you might see on a Citrix session); does the word
> > "Console" get localised on non-English versions of Windows? Can
> > someone check this for me please?
>
> Um. Is this really a problem with the installer? IMHO it
> seems more like a problem with the backend, so if we manage
> to fix that one be prepared to remoev the check :-)

I've got no problem with that - but we've seen a number of reports of
this, and no hint that anyone has the foggiest why it's happening. At
least this will stave off a more reports next time round.

Regards, Dave.