Re: solved (was plain stupidity) Re: ubuntu 18: PostgreSQL does not start. how can I totally remove and reinstall it

Robert,

Otherwise mankind would constantly be in pain ;-)

Enjoy the weekend !

Marc

On 24 Jan 2021, at 8:13, robert rottermann wrote:

thanks a lot.
why dos such stupidity not hurt. ?????
have a nice weekend
robert
On 24.01.21 08:04, Julien Rouhaud wrote:

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 2:58 PM robert@redo2oo.ch <robert@redo2oo.ch> wrote:

root@elfero-test:~/scripts# pg_lsclusters
Ver Cluster Port Status Owner Data directory Log file
10 main 5433 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/10/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-10-main.log
[...]
psycopg2.OperationalError: could not connect to server: Connection refused
Is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting
TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

It looks like your instance is configured to listen on port 5433, not 5432.