connection troubles

In doing some work with the PostgreSQL ODBC driver today I noticed that I
was unable to connect to any of my database (how long has this been a
problem, I'm not sure).  I then tried to use psql to connect from outside
the local machine.  and I get the following errors on the server...
    ConnStartup: No Postgres username specified in startup packet.
    and the psql errors out with
    -- couldn't recieve un/salt  packet: errno=61

    With the odbc driver after I send the login info I wait for a
response and finally get a character value 205 back...

    I am afraid I've done something really silly but can't find out
where I went wrong.

Julie

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