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Ritz
11-05-2009, 08:04 PM
Hi,

I've read the FAQ and nothing similar was there to help me.

I'm running Windows XP SP3 and have Holdem Manager 1.09 and PostgreSQL 8.3. I have a McAfee anti-virus.

I was playing poker with my HUD running and suddenly i got the following errors (there are 5 and they look very much alike), taken from the Event Viewer > Application (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer > Application). Maybe it's a good thing to note that when I normally open the Task Manager on the processes tab there are 4 or 5 (don't remember) postgres.exe processes running.

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Now, whenever I try to initialize Holdem Manager I get the following error message.

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I click OK and continue to the Database Control Panel, I click on connect and get the following error.

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I did some research and thought it might helping trying to restart PostgreSQL Database Server 8.3 in Services (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). However, when I try to start it I get this error message: "Could not start the PostgreSQL Database Server 8.3 service on Local Computer". When I take a look at the Event Viewer it gives me this error report:

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I hope this is enough information for you to help me.

Thanks in advance,
Ritz

fozzy71
11-05-2009, 08:23 PM
This is usually a firewall or windows update issue.

First try to delete the \postgresql\8.x\data\postmaster.pid file, if you see it, and reboot.

If no help, try this:

Start > Programs > PostgreSQL > 8.x > Stop Service

Start > Programs > PostgreSQL > 8.x > Start Service

Add exceptions to the windows firewall, even if it is off. If you have a 3rd party firewall, do the equivalent or uninstall it temporarily - http://www.holdemmanager.net/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=171

Please try following all of these FAQs, step by step:

1) http://www.holdemmanager.net/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=34
2) reinstall the same version of postgresql, using the same \data folder - http://www.holdemmanager.net/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=177
3) http://www.holdemmanager.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8261

If that doesn't help you will probably have to reinstall PostgreSQL completely and reimport your hands.

Ritz
11-06-2009, 10:19 AM
Deleting the postmaster.pid file worked, thanks!