Initdb error without much more details PostgreSQL 7.4.19 - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Hello,

I'm facing a trouble with the initdb execution of PostgreSQL 7.4.19 on a Re=
dhat 4 :
[uname -a] Linux <host> 2.6.9-5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:30:39 EST 2005 i6=
86 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[cat /proc/version] Linux version 2.6.9-5.ELsmp (bhcompile@decompose.build.=
redhat.com) (gcc version 3.4.3 20041212 (Red Hat 3.4.3-9.EL4)) #1 SMP Wed J=
an 5 19:30:39 EST 2005
[cat /etc/redhat-release] Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant)

Then i install PostgreSQL binary in the order :
rpm -ivh  postgresql-libs-7.4.19-1PGDG.rhel4.i686.rpm
rpm -ivh postgresql-7.4.19-1PGDG.rhel4.i686.rpm

rpm -ivh postgresql-server-7.4.19-1PGDG.rhel4.i686.rpm

Then I execute initdb with the user postgres :
-bash-3.00$ initdb -d
Running in debug mode.

initdb: internal variables:
  PGDATA=3D/var/lib/pgsql/data
  datadir=3D/usr/share/pgsql
  PGPATH=3D/usr/bin
  ENCODING=3D
  ENCODINGID=3D0
  POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=3Dpostgres
  POSTGRES_BKI=3D/usr/share/pgsql/postgres.bki
  POSTGRES_DESCR=3D/usr/share/pgsql/postgres.description
  POSTGRESQL_CONF_SAMPLE=3D/usr/share/pgsql/postgresql.conf.sample
  PG_HBA_SAMPLE=3D/usr/share/pgsql/pg_hba.conf.sample
  PG_IDENT_SAMPLE=3D/usr/share/pgsql/pg_ident.conf.sample
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "postgres=
".
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locale fr_FR.UTF-8.

fixing permissions on existing directory /var/lib/pgsql/data... ok
creating directory /var/lib/pgsql/data/base... ok
creating directory /var/lib/pgsql/data/global... ok
creating directory /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog... ok
creating directory /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_clog... ok
selecting default max_connections... 100
selecting default shared_buffers... 1000
creating configuration files... ok
creating template1 database in /var/lib/pgsql/data/base/1... ok
initializing pg_shadow... ok
enabling unlimited row size for system tables... ok
initializing pg_depend... ok
creating system views... ok
loading pg_description... ok
creating conversions... ok
setting privileges on built-in objects... ok
creating information schema...
initdb: failed

And I need to install the cluster on another path, the result is even worst=
 :
-bash-3.00$ initdb -d -D <targeted_folder>
Running in debug mode.

initdb: internal variables:
  PGDATA=3D<targeted_folder>
  datadir=3D/usr/share/pgsql
  PGPATH=3D/usr/bin
  ENCODING=3D
  ENCODINGID=3D0
  POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=3Dpostgres
  POSTGRES_BKI=3D/usr/share/pgsql/postgres.bki
  POSTGRES_DESCR=3D/usr/share/pgsql/postgres.description
  POSTGRESQL_CONF_SAMPLE=3D/usr/share/pgsql/postgresql.conf.sample
  PG_HBA_SAMPLE=3D/usr/share/pgsql/pg_hba.conf.sample
  PG_IDENT_SAMPLE=3D/usr/share/pgsql/pg_ident.conf.sample
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "postgres=
".
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locale fr_FR.UTF-8.

fixing permissions on existing directory <targeted_folder>... ok
creating directory <targeted_folder>/base... ok
creating directory <targeted_folder>/global... ok
creating directory <targeted_folder>/pg_xlog... ok
creating directory <targeted_folder>/pg_clog... ok
selecting default max_connections... 10
selecting default shared_buffers... 50
creating configuration files... ok
creating template1 database in <targeted_folder>/base/1...
initdb: failed

I am really stuck ... even trying to execute step by step the initdb bash s=
cript ?

Is there anybody able to understand this failure ?=20
Why default max_connections and shared_buffers are not the same ?

--
Laurent

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