The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 1861 Logged by: Thomas Turn Jensen Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.0.3 Operating system: Windows XP SP2 Description: Possible Incompatibly with NOD32 AV. Details:
I'm aware this will not be a "complete" bug report with all neccesary information. I have not tried to reproduce the problem but am satisfied I found a solution. The reason I make this bug report is a result of someone (rightly) saying "im not sure who you would mail but i think it needs documenting.." after the fact. Since I know of no better means of documenting it, I use this approach. PROBLEM: After installing NOD32 antivirus (www.nod32.com) PostgreSQL no longer works. SYMPTOMS: Any application trying to connect/log into PG freezes. Only a termination of the PG service will unfreeze the applications with an error about unexpected EOF from socket (or something to that effect. Sorry, I don't have the exact message). Log in pg_log/postrgresql-#date-#postfix contains the following entries for every frozen application: 2005-09-03 02:46:11 LOG: could not receive data from client: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. 2005-09-03 02:46:11 LOG: incomplete startup packet POSSIBLE MITIGATING FACTORS: NOD32 was installed together with PC-cillin 2002 (AV). However only NOD32 was active. Disabling NOD32 did not have any effect. "Google Desktop" reports possible conflicts with NOD32. WORKARROUND: After uninstalling NOD32 and rebooting, PG works as expected. SELECT version(): PostgreSQL 8.0.3 on i686-pc-mingw32, compiled by GCC gcc.exe (GCC) 3.4.2 (mingw-special) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly