"Tony Nicol" <tnicol@bigpond.net.au> writes:
> i.e. the DEBUG's are indicative of something not right...
No, all those debug messages are perfectly normal.
> when I try using psql I get...
> $ psql
> psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
> Is the postmaster running locally
> and accepting connections on Unix socket '/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432'?
Not sure about this; does cygwin support unix-style sockets at all?
Try starting the postmaster with -i and then connecting via TCP/IP
(eg, "psql -h localhost").
regards, tom lane