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Re: Error message "psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory"

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On 06/14/2012 06:30 AM, Stefan Schwarzer wrote:
Hi there,

I guess this is a typical user error. I searched around to find the solution, but in vain.

I just upgraded to Lion, and used Kyngchaos libraries for installation of Postgres.

Try to get running postgres, and I get this:

       /usr/local/pgsql-9.1/bin/psql -U postgres
       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"?


In my limited understanding, it seems that Postgres is not running. When I use:

        ps auxw | grep post

out comes only the "grep post", but no postgres process.

When I use:

        sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.postgresql.postgres.plist

it says:

        org.postgresql.postgres: Already loaded

and displays in the "ps" list then:

        user        935   0.0  0.1  2493888   7296   ??  Ss    3:24PM   0:00.12 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskImages.framework/Resources/diskimages-helper -uuid 9EFB9424-7971-4A8B-9D73-B93BD7F1DB5F -post-exec 4

(which looks a bit strange to me (DiskImages ??))


I am somewhat lost (and worse is that it worked the other day, before re-installing Lion anew.).

http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/postgres
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Notes

NOTE: I've had reports of the installer not initializing the data cluster, which results in Postgres not starting. It seems to be random, and I haven't figured out the cause yet. If Postgres won't start (you get an error "could not connect to server: No such file or directory" when trying to connect with psql), try manually initializing the cluster with:
/usr/local/pgsql-9.1/bin/initdb -U postgres \
-D /usr/local/pgsql-9.1/data --encoding=UTF8 --locale=en_US"
Or see the Locales and Encodings readme if you need a different locale or encoding.
Then stop and start Postgres as specified in the readme.
"

Thanks for any hints,

Stef


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