The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 3039 Logged by: Jessica Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.2 Operating system: Solaris 10 Description: install completely but can't connect to server Details:
The procedure of installation as follows: configure --prefix=(absolute path of MyInstall Directory) --bindir=(abs path of MyInstall/bin) --datadir=(abs path of MyInstall/share) --sysconfdir=(abs path of MyInstall/etc) --libdir=(abs path of MyInstall/lib) --includedir=(abs path of MyInstall/include) --mandir=(abs path of MyInstall/man --enable-debug --enable-cassert //after this, I checked the subdirectory MyInstall, no //subdirectory etc and man created . Is it a problem? //why? how to solve it? 4. use gmake to build the PostgreSQL 5. gmake install to install PostgreSQL ***************************************** //Success. You can now start the database server using: postmaster -D /home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/CLUST/sys or pg_ctl -D /home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/CLUST/sys -l logfile start ********************* 6. Create the required filesystem 1. Make directory CLUST 2. Make Directories CLUST/sys, CLUST/wal, CLUST/archwal, CLUST/data ----Setting the Environment Variables --- bash-3.00$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/group/s772/p772-01b/pgsql/MyInstall/lib bash-3.00$ PATH=/home/group/s772/p772-01b/pgsql/MyInstall/bin:$PATH bash-3.00$ export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH bash-3.00$ PGDATA=/home/group/s772/p772-01b/pgsql/CLUST/sys bash-3.00$ export PGDATA ----Create Database Cluster --- bash-3.00$ initdb -E UNICODE -A password -W ----Startup and Shutdown of PostgreSQL cluster-- bash-3.00$ pg_ctl -D /home/group/s772/p772-01f/pgsql/CLUST/sys -l logfile start postmaster starting **************************************** logfile: LOG: could not bind IPv6 socket: Cannot assign requested address HINT: Is another postmaster already running on port 5432? If not, wait a few seconds and retry. FATAL: could not open lock file "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432.lock": Permission denied ************** How to solve it? I had repeated n times for installation. but I failed. How to solve? This really makes me upset. The documentation reads like puzzle, taking you here, and there, but no usful instructions. Thanks. Thanks. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match