And run, do not walk, to the latest version of 7.4.x. Better yet, upgrade to 8.1.4. On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 01:04:05AM +0500, Shoaib Mir wrote: > Run the following > > pg_ctl -D <data folder path> status > > to see if you have the db server running or not? > > As these seems to me you dont have the database server running on port 5432. > > Thanks, > --- > Shoaib Mir > EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com) > > On 10/3/06, Ravindran Vijaykumar R-AVR025 <vijay.ravindran@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > >Hi Friends, > > > >I am using postgres 7.4.2 in Ubuntu linux... > > > >when I run psql -l command, it says the following error.... > > > >postgres@host:~$ <postgres@host:%7E$> psql -l > >psqll: could not connect to server: Connection refused > > Is the server running locally and accepting > > connections on Unix domain socket > >"/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"? > > > >I have the backup database in the home folder, please update me, how > >should i make the database up... > > > >rgds > >vijay > > -- Jim Nasby jim@xxxxxxxxx EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)