> >What I'm guessing is that the server started just fine, but the Debian >initscript is trying to connect to it (to verify that it started) and >that's failing because of the change in authentication options. You >might have to remove the -w option from pg_ctl, or some such, in the >script ... or else fix things so that root is allowed to connect ... > > Good guess, given the log files he posted :-) Chris and Tom, You must have found some problem from the log file info. Then what should I do and how? Thank you!! leo