Thread: Problem getting PostgreSQL 8 Beta5 start on localhost port 5432

The installation run smotly on a Windows xp but when I try to start the service
I stops directly. I have installed it on a windows xp, localhost, port 5432 and
I dosen´t get any error in the log, any suggestion?

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> The installation run smotly on a Windows xp but when I try to
> start the service I stops directly. I have installed it on a
> windows xp, localhost, port 5432 and I dosen´t get any error
> in the log, any suggestion?

Have you checked both the application eventlog and the pg_log directory under PGDATA? If not, do so ;-)

If this does not help, try starting the server manually (fromt he commandline, using pg_ctl start) and see if you can
getan error message there. 

//Magnus