Re: Problem in running postgres

[Douglas Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 10:10:59AM +0600, Abu Zaher wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currnetly running Debian Sid. When my system boots up, I get this error:
> 
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server
> running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket
> "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?
> 
> So i cant run postgresql. Moreover, while I try 2 ping localhost, it does
> not respond. Then while after running my pc 4 some times, if i try 2 ping 2
> localhost, works, and /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 start also works. (and this
> does not work everytime) :O
> 
> I'm a newbie. Can someone explain this?

Hi.

How long do you have to wait?

Is /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.1 starting __after__ networking?

What does syslog show during the time in question?

Doug.