> I imagine the configuration was mangled somewhere down the line. > Perhaps I need to reinstall Ubuntu, though it's not something I look > forward to (I already tried uninstalling Postgres and wiping away all > references to it prior to my last install). > > Thanks for taking a look! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > myuser@mycomputer:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 status > Password: > Version Cluster Port Status Owner Data > directory Log file This shows that you do not have a cluster. try running sudo pg_createcluster 8.1 main > myuser@mycomputer:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 start -D /usr/ > local/pgsql/data sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 start is all you should need. Give that a try first, and the confirm you actually have a cluster with sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 status > myuser@mycomputer:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 status > Version Cluster Port Status Owner Data > directory Log file > myuser@mycomputer:~$ ls -a /var/log/postgresql > . .. That seems strange. It appears that your installation is missing something. What do you get from : dpkg -l *postgresql* Andy
