Postgres 8.3.15 will not start

[kraada]

Create a support ticket using this link and we'll set up a remote session to help you get everything straightened out.

[Laudy71]

I'm having the first problem highlighted repeatedly, and it's doing my head in. So sick of removing and reinstalling. Error message as follows.

Unable to create PostgreSQL database: PT3_2011_06_17_081608
Reason: Unable to login to database (template1). Reason: could not connect to server: Connection refused (0x0000274D/10061) Is the server running on host "???" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

[kraada]

That error means that the service isn't starting or otherwise is being blocked. If you click Start --> Control Panel --> Administrative Tools --> Event Viewer and go into the event sections at the top left, do you see any errors for PostgreSQL? If so could you copy and paste those error messages here?

[Laudy71]

No errors relating to postgres in event viewer

[kraada]

Create a support ticket using this link and we'll set up a remote session to help you get everything straightened out.

[tim_1]

I have the same problem where version 8.3.15 will not start.
In the event viewer i have three errors with PostgreSQL, all three the same.
The error message is:


postgres cannot access the server configuration file "C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/data/postgresql.conf": No such file or directory

[kraada]

Locate the file postgres.conf.sample on your machine and copy it to make a new version called postgres.conf in the aforementioned directory and then it should start properly for you.

[tim_1]

Still not working - I only have the process pg_ctl.exe

[kraada]

Has the error changed?

[tim_1]

No, the error is still the exact same one.