On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 12:51 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > markos <el96645@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > psql -h localhost -U markulis > > psql: could not connect to server: Network is unreachable > > Is the server running on host "localhost" and accepting > > TCP/IP connections on port 5432? > > Hm. "Network is unreachable" means that you have got a networking > problem not a database problem. You'll probably find that simple > commands like "ping localhost" don't work either. The problem could > be a DNS issue --- what does "nslookup localhost" say? If it comes > back with something reasonable, then you've got a kernel > misconfiguration issue, which I don't think I can help you with. > > regards, tom lane Thanks a lot. You were actually right, the network was down. I just had to give the command : "sudo ifup lo". I just couldn't narrow my search until you made sure that postgre is ok, so thanks again