Quoting Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>:
> Jari Vauhkonen wrote:
> > Quoting Ben Suffolk <ben@vanilla.net>:
> >
> > > > -- configuring the postgresql.conf wit following lines:
> > > > #listen_addresses = '*'
> > > > #port = 5432
> > > > #tcpip_socket = true
> > >
> > > Jari,
> > >
> > > You need to remove the # from the lines, a # comments the line out,
> > > so although you have set the port and changed the address it will not
> > > actually have done anything.
> >
> > thank you for your reply. A truly amateurish mistake by me :)
> >
> > BUT fixing that one did no good. The problem remains.
>
> Did you restart the server after changing those lines?
>
> --
Yes.