Re: could not bind IPv4 socket

"Balaji Kasthurirangan" <kasthurirangan.balaji@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> when i try to start the server i get the following error message

> LOG: could not bind IPv4 socket: Can't assign requested address
> HINT: Is another postmaster already running on ****t 5432? If not, wait a
few
> seconds and retry
> WARNING: could not create listen socket for "localhost"
> FATAL: could not create any TCP/IP sockets

I'm thinking you have a networking or DNS configuration problem.
If you do "nslookup localhost" does it come back with "127.0.0.1"?

			regards, tom lane

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