error "11"

I am getting a strange error from psql:

psql: connectDBStart() -- connect() failed: Connection refused
Is the postmaster running at 'localhost'
and accepting connections on Unix socket '5432'?

Yes, the postmaster is running. I can run psql -l and get a list of my
databases just fine.

This is from the log file:

Server process (pid 18539) exited with status 11 at Thu Dec 21 16:45:54 2000
Terminating any active server processes...
Server processes were terminated at Thu Dec 21 16:45:54 2000
Reinitializing shared memory and semaphores
001221.16:45:54.490 [18540] DEBUG: Data Base System is starting up at Thu Dec 21 16:45:54 2000
001221.16:45:54.490 [18540] DEBUG: Data Base System was interrupted being in production at Thu Dec 21 16:45:47 2000
001221.16:45:54.497 [18540] DEBUG: Data Base System is in production state at Thu Dec 21 16:45:54 2000
Smart Shutdown request at Thu Dec 21 16:47:28 2000
001221.16:47:28.607 [18632] DEBUG: Data Base System shutting down at Thu Dec 21 16:47:28 2000
001221.16:47:28.614 [18632] DEBUG: Data Base System shut down at Thu Dec 21 16:47:28 2000

Which I hope will shed some light on the problem.

I have not only restarted my postgresql service, I have rebooted the
machine just to make sure. And ruined my previously stellar uptime. :-)

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