Magnus Hagander wrote: > To me this sounds like the theme is broken. Especially since we only use it > to look for terminal services stuff iirc. it'd be interesting to see if this > can be > reproduced on a different non standard > theme. > > /Magnus > > > ------- Original message ------- > From: Ilya Kogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 1-14-'07, 20:05 > > >> The following bug has been logged online: >> >> Bug reference: 2893 >> Logged by: Ilya Kogan >> Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> PostgreSQL version: 8.1.6 >> Operating system: Windows XP Pro SP-2 >> Description: Non-standard theme explodes the installer. >> Details: >> >> I was trying to install 8.1.6 via the MSI installer and would keep getting >> "Could not get system metrics: 8" when trying to get past "Installation >> Notes" screen. After reading a bit about GetSystemMetrics, I decided to >> switch from my non-standard theme (Some msstyle downloaded from something >> that was googled) to Windows Classic. >> >> Surprisingly, the error went away and I was free to finish installing. >> >> I also tried installing 8.2 previously and that went without a hitch. >> >> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >> TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster >> You are correct, using the first theme that was a pure msstyle that you get when searching google for "msstyle", http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/30092322/, seemed to not cause the problem. It seems odd though that this occurs with 8.1.6 and not 8.2, nor does it happen with any other program I have so far run on this system. Is that installer really the only thing that uses GetSystemMetrics() in that way?
Ilya
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