[Wombat]

Ok, I've just installed Bone and directly after the install (after a reboot) I've installed PostgreSQL. However I cant seem to get PostgreSQL to work.

I have initialised that database to /boot/home/database

I run "postmaster -D /boot/home/database -h 127.0.0.1 -p 5432" and postmaster starts running and spawns 3 versions of itself (is this normal?)

Then I open a new terminal window and run "createdb -D /boot/home/database -h 127.0.0.1 -p 5432 mydb" but it tells me the connection was refused and to check I have postmaster running where it should be.

I haven't configured Bone at all, I just ran the install - anything else I should have done here?

Can anyone offer me any suggestions?

[moooooooo]

Wombat, you want to start up postmaster with a -i (internet sockets)
this is because we dont have sockets == file descriptors.

you dont need to specify the port unless you have used anything other that 5432.

there's also a config file pg_hba.conf which you might want to look at.

at the very end of it you will see this:

[Wombat]

Thanks moooooooo!

It worked perfectly!