I tried to use O_DIRECT on Linux (SuSe) Kernel 2.6, but failed to make it run. For example, if I added the option in the "open" of BasicOpenFile(), I got the following error after typing "psql -l", psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"? Any advice? Thanks, Brian