On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Robert Walker <r.wal...@mtcworldwide.com> wrote: > > The following bug has been logged online: > > Bug reference: 4820 > Logged by: Robert Walker > Email address: r.wal...@mtcworldwide.com > PostgreSQL version: 8.4 beta 2 > Operating system: Windows XP SP2 32-bit > Description: PostgreSQL service won't start after using Tuning Wizard > Details: > > I installed PostgreSQL 8.4 Beta 2 with a completely fresh install, and then > ran the Tuning Wizard. After a simple run of the Tuning Wizard, the attempt > to start postmaster via the Windows service would time-out/fail. > > The problem is apparently due to the fact that the tuning wizard will add > the "max_fsm_pages" and "max_fsm_relations" parameters to postgresql.conf, > despite the fact that 8.4 supposedly no longer uses these parameters. > > If I comment out those settings, the service starts without problems. > Perhaps those settings shouldn't be added to an 8.4 postgresql.conf by the > wizard, otherwise new users would be alarmed by the resulting failure to > start the server. Also, nothing in the logs in the pg_log directory was > written that gave any clue as to why the server wouldn't start.
The current version of the wizard doesn't support 8.4. An update is currently in qa. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
