[Closed] HM manger Ok but elephant says 127.0.0.1

Hello w2bet,

First of all welcome to PokerStrategy.

As for your problem have you tried the suggestions in this thread

Solution for: "failed to establish a connection to '127.0.0.1' "

Kind Regards,
-Steve

Hi Steve,

Thank you for the swift reply, on a Sunday as well.

Yes I am familiar with that thread, no luck previously, but to show willing I just went through the whole thing again, still no luck.

PostgreSQL is setting up fine and I can access it via hold'em manager, its elephant that cannot connect. Not sure why

Any other suggestions would be wonderful, even if it was just you referring my query to someone else! or to another thread.Although belive me i have scanned all the threads here about this.

Many thanks

Check the password and username HEM, changes it sometimes..... Goto Database management in HEM and there it will show you username and password.

Hello w2bet,

I'm sorry to hear that the recommendations in that thread didn't resolve your situation.

Have you tried deleting Elephant and then doing re-installation.

Also if you are using Vista are you running the program with admin rights as sometimes this has been known to cause an issue.

Kind Regards,
-Steve

You have to completely uninstall and remove postgresql and then reinstall it via elephant.

how to wipe postgresql:

- Uninstall from control panel.
- manually delete the Program Files\Postgresql folders
- open "run" and type cmd, press enter
- run the command "net user postgres /delete"
- reboot.
- install again, as admin, with UAC off.

i believe most problems have come because of vista, and the routes described in the thread not working with Vista OS.

-Jack

Hello w2bet,

Have you de-installed PostGres according the instructions in this guide: http://www.pokerstrategy.com/home/752 ?

It has the steps for de-installing on a Vista system (which causes lots of problems in general :/)

Best regards
SoyCD

Firstly thank you all for posting suggestions.

I have tried all of the above and am still stuck.

AUC is off, i have followed all the threads about de/installing postgreSQL and correctly installing it from Elephant, since it did not work i tried from hold'em manager and even from the postgresql web site as well. Running all programs as admin, adding exceptions for all related programs to defender/antivirus,firewalls...

Still no luck.

I am afraid my elephant licence will now expire in 3 days and i have never even got it to work. Shame really.

I even thought of de installing Vista in favour of xp just to get it to work. Unfortunately because support/dell.com does not have all the necessary drivers, and me,insufficient knowledge, i wont be able to do this. A friend told me its possible but really really hard to do.

So i guess im stuck unless anyone has any other suggestions.?

only thing i cant think of is to use a different tracker software, any suggestion or does anyone know one that does not require postgreSQL ?

Thank you all again for the support so far.

Will

Originally posted by w2bet
Firstly thank you all for posting suggestions.

I have tried all of the above and am still stuck.

AUC is off, i have followed all the threads about de/installing postgreSQL and correctly installing it from Elephant, since it did not work i tried from hold'em manager and even from the postgresql web site as well. Running all programs as admin, adding exceptions for all related programs to defender/antivirus,firewalls...

Still no luck.

I am afraid my elephant licence will now expire in 3 days and i have never even got it to work. Shame really.

I even thought of de installing Vista in favour of xp just to get it to work. Unfortunately because support/dell.com does not have all the necessary drivers, and me,insufficient knowledge, i wont be able to do this. A friend told me its possible but really really hard to do.

So i guess im stuck unless anyone has any other suggestions.?

only thing i cant think of is to use a different tracker software, any suggestion or does anyone know one that does not require postgreSQL ?

Thank you all again for the support so far.

Will

Try HEM manager that usually sorts all the problems, also, do you have service pack 1 for vista? If not this IS THE PROBLEM if you do then you have to turn off the user account control settings, if you need help with this let me know I'll post a guide for you.

Danny

Hi Danny,
Thank you for posting.
I have pokertracker 3 working, its set-up worked with no hitc hitches

I did try again to instal elephant, still no luck.
I followed the un-installing postgres properly guide and installed from postgres files in elephant folder and it installs fine but still wont connect.

("failed to establish a connection to '127.0.0.1' "). Yes i have the user account Control settings turned off. Yes they were off when i re-installed elephant. All programs are set to run as admin.

Yes i have windows vista (home premium with service pack 1) or thats what it says when i look at the properties of my computer "system"

I just don't get it, how come, hold'em and PT3 can both work and connect to the postgres database and elephant cannot? Weird.

If there is any developer or admin of elephant out there willing to have a go i would happily set up a remote session? Coffee on me?

PT3 seems kind of limited, it does not work on titan were i am signing up with the help of poker statergy so im still hoping.

Any help would be much appriciated

Will

Hi w2bet,

First of all concerning your starting capital - don't forget to send your ID information to security@pokerstrategy.com from the email address you signed up with.

On to your problem - here a very quick translation from a German FAQ

1.1. Failed to establish a connection to '127.0.0.1'

Attention: This error message usually comes right after being asked to create a new database!

Fixing it:

Close the Elephant before running through the following steps!

Schritt 1: Check the postgreSQL service
In the start menu select "run" and confirm the dialogue after having entered "cmd".

The in the command line now run the "net start". This command lists all running services

a) If the entry PostgreSQL Database Server 8.3 is in the list, please continue with Step 2.
b) If the entry doesnt appear - continue with Step 3.

Schritt 2: Close the SQL Database service
Since the service is running but not working correctly it needs to be re-started:

In der command line execute the following command net stop pgsql-8.3.

Schritt 3: Restart the Database
Once the service is no longer active you can restart it in the following fashion:

In the command line execute the following command net start pgsql-8.3.

Attention:
If the service cannot be started it means the database was not correctly installed. Go to the Elephant folder and run the file "postgresql-8.3.msi" (note down the username and password that you should use)!

Step 4: Control
After running the command net start the service PostgreSQL Database Server 8.3 should appear in the list.

Remark: Displayed data has been shortened

Schritt 5: REstart the Elephant
When you restart the Elephant you will be asked to create a new database

In this dialog enter your username and password and select your existing database with the magnifying glass icon.

Hi SoyCD,

Thank you for taking the time to translate that set of instructions.

Regarding registering my id and details. I have been avoiding doing this until I have elephant working. I have been playing for 3 years or so, without any database software, and now, I hope to start to use this when I start using poker strategy's' Stratergy, so I can track and improve my game.

Unfortunately the instructions did not help. The postgres service was running correctly (in the list) and I stopped it and restarted it (as instructed) then started elephant but i still get the same connection problem, when i press the Magnifying glass or the OK button.

If you have any other tip or tricks to get it going i would love to know!

I have spent an hour using google trtanslate on the german forumn trying to find a solution , and have not found anything else yet.

Seriuosly hoping there is a solution

thanks again for you help