With FreeBSD, you should really use the port; it saves you much grief. I recommend it! cd /usr/ports/databases/postgresql && make install (with a fresh ports tree, which you get with "cvsup /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile"). Regards, Palle "Allan C. Lemos" wrote: > > Hi, > I'm running FreeBSD 2.8 and I downloaded and installed PostgreSQL 6.4. I > can start postmaster (-i), but when I try to run createdb, to create a > database, I get a output saying: > Connection to database 'template1' failed. > pqReadData() --backend closed the channel unexpectedly. > This probably means the backend terminated abnormally before or while > processing the request. > createdb: database creation failed on userxx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Allan Cardech de Lemos e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Univ. Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro http://www.ufrrj.br > Coordenadoria de Informatica Phone (+55) (21) 6821349 > Rodovia Br. 465 Km 7 - Seropedica Fax (+55) (21) 6821070 > CEP 23890-000 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
