Re: Faq update needed (or maybe it was my error)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mantees@planio.it [mailto:mantees@planio.it]
> Sent: 22 April 2002 14:24
> To: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
> Subject: [CYGWIN] Faq update needed (or maybe it was my error)
>
>
> On http://www.ca.postgresql.org/docs/faq-mswin.html you say:
>
> >2. Install the latest cygipc package, available at
>
> >http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/V1.1/cygipc/. Do
> >not use versions prior to 1.04, they will not work.
>
> >Use the following command to install the cygipc package:
>
> >$ tar -C / -xjf cygipc-${version}.tar.bz2
>
> >where "${version}" is the version (e.g., 1.11-1).
>
> After untarring I still had to "make" and "make install" the
> library. It was
You sound to have inadvertantley downloaded the source file (if its got src
in the name then it is).
There is a none source version available at:
http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/cygipc/index.html
called cygipc-1.11-1.tar.bz2
> installe with the procedure you specified on your guide.
> I don't know if this was caused by a foult of mine (I'm just a Linux
> newbie) but I noticed that surfing on groups.gogle.com lots of other
> people had my same experience
> They followed your installing procedure but at the moment of starting
> the service they (like me) get an error "service name is invalid"
You need to install the ipc-daemon as a service first using, IIRC:
ipc-daemon --install-as-service
If it still doesn't work check the following works:
ipc-daemon &
Hope this helps,
- Stuart