Re: XP install problems

[Arcadius Ahouansou <arcadius(at)centrum(dot)cz>]

Magnus Hagander wrote:

> > > The log files, in postgresql/8.0-beta2-dev3/data/pg_log 
> >
> > report a great 
> >
> > > many errors (incomplete startup packet etc) with the common 
> >
> > line 'an 
> >
> > > operation was attempted on something that is not a socket'
> >
> > When I see that error in the Windows XP DHCP client, I can 
> > usually fix it by resetting the TCP/IP stack to its initial 
> > state using "netsh interface ip reset > rest.log". YMMV, else 
> > see the MS Knowledgebase for that error.
>
>
> Also see FAQ item 3.2 at
> http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/FAQ_windows.html.

Hello!
I had this same error last week, and I have been pointed to that FAQ.

True that it's mentioned as a problem related to a bug in windows, but, 
I have just installed other RDBMS (Oracle and FireBirdSQL) on my 
machine, and they run quite fine.

My guess is that there should be a workaround so that the user won't 
have to experiment with this frustrating bug.

Thanks.

Arcadius.