On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Scott Marlowe wrote:
>
>> So, what do
>>
>> telnet localhost 5432
>
> Scott,
>
> That port's clear:
>
> [rshepard@salmo ~]$ telnet localhost 5432
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
So something IS attached and is answering the phone.
>> AND
>> psql -h localhost -l
>
> Huh!
>
> [rshepard@salmo ~]$ psql -h localhost -l
> List of databases
So a postgres IS running on your machine. I put it to you it's not
running where you think it is.