The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 8328
Logged by: Vijay
Email address: vijayakumar.subas@hp.com
PostgreSQL version: Unsupported/Unknown
Operating system: Debian
Description:
Hello,
We are facing issue when trying to start postgresql on the Debian machine.
Error:
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tuxux:~# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 start
Starting PostgreSQL 8.3 database server: mainThe PostgreSQL server failed to
start. Please check the log output: 2013-07-24 19:16:38 LOG: could not bind
IPv4 socket: Permission denied 2013-07-24 19:16:38 HINT: Is another
postmaster already running on port 5432? If not, wait a few seconds and
retry. 2013-07-24 19:16:38 WARNING: could not create listen socket for
"127.0.0.1" 2013-07-24 19:16:38 FATAL: could not create any TCP/IP sockets
failed!
failed!
Could you please help us to resolve this issue?
FYI, I was able to ping localhost and do nslookup.