Re: Cannot Start Postgres After System Boot

On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 10:35 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Scott Marlowe wrote:
>
> > So, what do
> >
> > telnet localhost 5432
>
> Scott,
>
>    That port's clear:
>
> [rshepard@salmo ~]$ telnet localhost 5432
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> > AND
> > psql -h localhost -l
>
>    Huh!
>
> [rshepard@salmo ~]$ psql -h localhost -l
>           List of databases
>     Name    |   Owner    | Encoding
> -----------+------------+----------
>   aesi      | sql-ledger | LATIN1
>   cms       | rshepard   | UTF8
>   postgres  | postgres   | UTF8
>   refdb     | postgres   | UTF8
>   scirefs   | rshepard   | LATIN1
>   template0 | postgres   | UTF8
>   template1 | postgres   | UTF8
> (7 rows)
>
>    So, why can't I connect to a database by entering, for example, 'psql
> aesi'?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich

what does
$ netstat -an |grep 5432
return?

something is running on tcp port 5432