Re: sockets and refused connections

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dirk Dil <dirk(dot)dil(at)pt(dot)lu>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: sockets and refused connections
Date: 2005-12-16 07:29:42
Message-ID: 23393.1134718182@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dirk Dil <dirk(dot)dil(at)pt(dot)lu> writes:
> I need some help getting postgresql started on an amd64 machine running
> gentoo 2005.1.

> LOG: could not send test message on socket for statistics collector:
> Operation not permitted
> LOG: disabling statistics collector for lack of working socket

> PostgreSQL error message: Connection to database failed
> couldn't open socket: connection refused

Both of these look like kernel packet filtering is rejecting the
traffic. Take a look at your iptables configuration --- it's probably
being overly restrictive about local-loopback (127.0.0.1) connections.

regards, tom lane

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