After further investagation, I've found the following error messages in the syslog from an ubuntu-server alpha6 install:
Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: SETTING UP POSTGRESQL-8.3 (8.3.0-1) ...^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: CREATING NEW CLUSTER (CONFIGURATION: /ETC/POSTGRESQL/8.3/MAIN, DATA: /VAR/LIB/POSTGRESQL/8.3/MAIN)...^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: SH: CANNOT CREATE /DEV/NULL: PERMISSION DENIED^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: FGETS FAILURE: SUCCESS^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: THE PROGRAM "POSTGRES" IS NEEDED BY INITDB BUT WAS NOT FOUND IN THE^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: SAME DIRECTORY AS "/USR/LIB/POSTGRESQL/8.3/BIN/INITDB".^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: CHECK YOUR INSTALLATION.^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: ERROR: Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: INITDB FAILED Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: ^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: ERROR: COULD NOT CREATE DEFAULT CLUSTER. PLEASE CREATE IT MANUALLY WITH^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: ^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: PG_CREATECLUSTER 8.3 MAIN --START^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: ^M Mar 11 03:19:59 in-target: OR A SIMILAR COMMAND (SEE 'MAN PG_CREATECLUSTER').^M I've attached the whole syslog file. ** Attachment added: "syslog_postgres_install.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12564086/syslog_postgres_install.gz -- Postgresql 8.3 not responding https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/193696 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
