Re: Failed: Installing Postgresql under Cygwin on win98se

2002-03-24 Thread Tom Lauren
Hehe, just thank you guys for patience! Well, i´ve found the error. And - ´twas not a Cygwin error, so you may sleep peacefully again! *gg* Now I could tell you the story, but it sounds TOO strange, that you wouldn´t believe meJust to say so: I had a FAT32-partition, that was a former NTFS p

Re: Problems with executables under Cygwin on win98se

2002-03-10 Thread Tom Lauren
Hi, here are my: etc/passwd | unknown::500:544::unknown:/bin/bash etc/group| unknown::544: well, i didn´t look at them till now -- and can´t guess what would be right --- if its not? again, unknown is my username :: i suppose means no pass, hm 500 is my "id"? and 544? Hop

Problems with executables under Cygwin on win98se

2002-03-10 Thread Tom Lauren
Hi! Ok, then folks, i face the following problem :) > > $ ls -l /bin/postgres > > > > gives me this: > > > > ?rw-r--r--0 0unknown 2706432 Jan 1 1970 /bin/postgres > > > > where "unknown" is my win-username (ok might be confusing..) > > 1970 looks funny, but this ?rw-r--r-- makes

Re: Failed: Installing Postgresql under Cygwin on win98se

2002-03-08 Thread Tom Lauren
Hi Jason, $ ls -l /bin/postgres gives me this: ?rw-r--r--0 0unknown 2706432 Jan 1 1970 /bin/postgres where "unknown" is my win-username (ok might be confusing..) 1970 looks funny, but this ?rw-r--r-- makes me nervous... and chmod doesn´t work, so I have no idea how to change th

Re: Failed: Installing Postgresql under Cygwin on win98se

2002-03-08 Thread Tom Lauren
Shelby, > What happens when you do this: here we go:__ $ set > paps $ bash $ set > kid $ exit exit $ diff paps kid 4c4 < BASH=/usr/bin/bash --- > BASH=/bin/bash 34d33 < OLDPWD=/usr/bin 40,41c39 < PIPESTATUS=([0]="0") < PPID=1 --- > PPID=370815 49c47 < SHLVL=1 --- > SHLV

Re: Failed: Installing Postgresql under Cygwin on win98se

2002-03-07 Thread Tom Lauren
What a mess... no, everything seems to be installed fine. I have ash (20020131-1) and bash (2.05a-2) Now I tried to "initdb" postgres manually, and this is what it told me (in debug-level 5): $ postgres -F -D /usr/share/postgresql/data/template1 -O -d 5 template1 FindExec: searching PATH ... Va

Re: Failed: Installing Postgresql under Cygwin on win98se

2002-03-07 Thread Tom Lauren
Hello again, Could it be that the 1st line in initdb: #!/bin/sh.exe doesn´t fit an i´ll have to write #!/bin/bash.exe instead? Please no, else I would have been stupid ;) Can´t test it right now, just wanted to post it as it may be important... I´m obviously feeling that i´ll have to replace

Re: Failed: Installing Postgresql under Cygwin on win98se

2002-03-07 Thread Tom Lauren
Hi! > 1. Are your cygwin mounts binary $ mount E:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) E:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) E:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount) d: on /cygdrive/d type user (binmode,noumount) e: on /cygdrive/e type

Re: Failed: Installing Postgresql under Cygwin on win98se

2002-03-07 Thread Tom Lauren
Hi Jason, > > Hm, I´m seriously wondering if *anybody* did manage it to run under W98... > > Yes, many -- including myself. Now THAT´s good news! *phew* Ok I didn´t doubt it could, just asked myself if anyone still uses this OS (Old System) and hence care for > I'm sorry but your Cygwin ins

Re: Failed: Installing Postgresql under Cygwin on win98se

2002-03-06 Thread Tom Lauren
Thanks for replying! >Is /usr/bin in your current path? yes, everything´s fine >Did you select the sh-utils/grep/sed/et >al. packages when you installed cygwin? also yes. this in fact was my first idea, but sed itself seems to work... >...it looks like it needs postgres.exe in the same di

Failed: Installing Postgresql under Cygwin on win98se

2002-03-06 Thread Tom Lauren
Hi! Don´t know if it´s right here but I wasn´t succesful at news.postgresql yet :( ... Ok, main thing is: I downloaded&installed postgresql 7.2 (it seemed to be the new official package back then) recently and all of the stuff it needs. ipc-daemon & works (it did nothing foolish so far). Then