PokerTracker

Below is the message that appears in the PT

Unable to begin feeder import process. Reason: Unable to login to database (PT3 DB). Reason: could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061) Is the server running on host "localhost" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

It started appearing after accidentaly i deleted postgres.conf
How to create new postgres.conf?

Thx,

planeswalker

First, see if postgres.conf is in your Recycle Bin - if it is, restore it.
IF that doesn't work, I've attached a copy of my file - the only thing in there which appears to be non-default is the currency localisation entry. Unzip and save it to your "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\data" folder.

Havent found where currency is set. I use USD. Anyway, this didnt help at all. The message is a little bit different though:

"Unable to begin feeder import process. Reason: Unable to login to database (PT3 DB). Reason: could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061) Is the server running on host "localhost" and accepting"

You'll need to reload configuration and then start the service.
Start -> Programs -> Postgres -> ...

I did, but nothing changed. The same message appears as above. Reinstall PT and postgresql?

You won't need to do anything to PT3, but you may need to re-install postgres.
If you have a database you want to keep, don't remove the data folder when you uninstall.

See this post which explains the process:
Total uninstall/reinstall of PT3 & Postgres

I tried to backup postgres database with PGadmin and from the command line. Both methods do not work.

In the first case, i dont get "Right click the database and choose "Backup..."." option.

In the second case, too many command line agruments, are a reason for a failure. I used the basic setup of pokertacker3 with "PokerTracker 3 Database" as a name, and added .tar to the new backup file.

Any ideas? I start losing hope it can be done with saving so far gathered data.

If you can't run postgres you won't be able to backup your database, so as I said above you will have to not delete the data folder, then when you re-install you can link your database back to the existing one. You will have to do a manual postgres install, and on the step where you initialize the database cluster uncheck the box to skip this step (since your database is already initialised).

What to do if during manual installation, an error "user postgres already exists", appears? then the installation is rolling back and is cancelled

Forget the above entry.