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Re: cygrunsrv and postgresql
- To: Teemu Kanstrén <teka at mail dot student dot oulu dot fi>
- Subject: Re: cygrunsrv and postgresql
- From: Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov at syntrex dot com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:36:49 +0100
- CC: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110311329010.14818-100000@tuomi.oulu.fi>
It seems so - did you check if /usr/bin/postmaster is
present ?
Teemu Kanstrén wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have PostgreSQL installed under Cygwin and it was running fine as a
> service on my NT. Then suddenly my NT hangs for no reason I can see and
> I tried to shutdown from the task manager but even that didnt work. So
> I just rebooted the computer with power off/power on. After that the
> postmaster service no longer starts. I have removed and re-added the
> service many times with no use. It still doesn't work. I removed it
> with
>
> $ cygrunsrv --remove postmaster
>
> and added again with
>
> $ cygrunsrv --install postmaster --path /usr/bin/postmaster -a "-i"
> --termsig INT --dep ipc-daemon --shutdown --user postgres
>
> the data dir is set as environment variable.
>
> on trying to start the service i get
>
> $ net start postmaster
> The postmaster service is starting.
> The postmaster service could not be started.
>
> The service did not report an error.
>
> More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534.
>
> looking at application event log int windows event viewer this is the
> error reported:
> The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( postmaster ) could not be
> found. It contains the following insertion string(s): postmaster : Win32
> Process Id = 0x17C : Cygwin Process Id = 0x17C : starting service
> `postmaster' failed: execv: 2, No such file or directory.
>
> what's going on and why doesn't the service start? can't it find the
> "postmaster" command or something and if not then why is that?
>
> any help is appreciated since im really lost here.. thanks
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