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From: Viktor Vislobokov <[email protected]>
To: Ferindo Middleton Jr <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Newbie: problem Connecting to Server
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 08:56:04 +0600
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

Ferindo Middleton Jr wrote:
> I'm running Redhat Linux 8. I have registration to the Redhat Network so
> I'm probably running the latest version of postgre sql available. I also
> have Redhat Databse v2.1 installed, but whenever I try to start a session,
> I get the following error message:
> 
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
>         Is the server running locally and accepting
>         connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
> 
> Please help me configure my system so that I can connect and begin to use
> postgresql.

/etc/init.d/postgresql start

After this:
Check your PostgreSQL server is running.

ps -ax | grep postmaster

You should be see some as:

   807 ?        S      0:02 /usr/bin/postmaster

If no, check your PostgreSQL installation.

With best wishes,
Victor Vislobokov
Perm, Russia





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