X-Original-To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2458247580B for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:55:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailer1.lukoil.perm.su (mail.lukoilperm.ru [195.161.200.210]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8867047580B for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:55:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from lukoilperm.ru ([127.0.0.1]) by mailer1.lukoil.perm.su (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA54D; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 08:55:12 +0600 Message-ID: <3E88FFC4.8070900@lukoilperm.ru> Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 08:56:04 +0600 From: "Viktor Vislobokov" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; ru-RU; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030314 X-Accept-Language: ru, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ferindo Middleton Jr Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Newbie: problem Connecting to Server References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-38.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UA autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200303/46 X-Sequence-Number: 1724 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