On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 12:13:02AM -0400, Ye Qin wrote: > 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? Presumably, the server doesn't start? What does your logfile say? (Not every method works on every platform, and you might have run into an incompatible combination.) A -- Andrew Sullivan | ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Unfortunately reformatting the Internet is a little more painful than reformatting your hard drive when it gets out of whack. --Scott Morris