cant start postgresql

[felicity]

i have install postgres addon but when i start it i get this error

"Starting PostgreSQL
This account is currently not available."

what can be the problem.

[deepsurfer]

Have you do this way ?

INSTALL:

1. tar xfz postgresql-addon-0.X.tar.gz -C /tmp
2. cd /tmp/postgresql-addon
3. ./INSTALL

For Start PG: /opt/lampp/lampp startpostgresql

For login from LINK inside in wellcomescreen of xampp
User: root Password: lampp


For Stop PG: /opt/lampp/lampp stoppostgresql

[felicity]

i hav try that but i cant login

[njiggs]

i have encountered this problem before myself...and this is the solution i used..

step 1)install the PG addon
step 2)change group of user nobody to nogroup (if using gnome, you can do that in main menu->system->administration->users and groups..remember to show all users to show up the user nobody) and also change the shell of nobody to /bin/bash if it is set to some other shell...
step 3)startup PG using /opt/lampp/lampp startpostgresql

(if necessary, you can also chown -R nobody:nogroup /opt/lampp ...i am not sure if this is essential)

hope it helps...

PS: a bit of searching would have given you the answer..the same question has been asked before..most of my method is derived from threads like this one