Postgresql 8.3 Question

[Dancing Fingers <batymahn@gmail.com>]

Hi guys,
I'm used to Postgresql 7.4  but when Debian 5 came out I had to try
it.  Everything was okay except the ATI driver killed my tvtime but I
can live with that (dual monitors are more important).  The part I
can't live  without is Postgresql -8.3.  I've supposedly installed
postfesql-8.3, postgresql-common, the 8.3 client and server.  I'm used
to tweaking /etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf and  /etc/postgresql/
postgresql.conf in 7.4, so that I have local access to the db but
these files aren't there and there's no log file?  Is Postgresql 8.3
that much different than 7.4 or am I looking at a bad package
install?  The directory structure seems to be there but many
directories are empty.  When I "su postgres" than I "psql template1" I
get complaints about some Dir not authorized (I'm not at the box right
now.)

Any pointers would be appreciated.

Chris