On 03/17/2017 10:14 AM, Adrian Klaver wrote: > On 03/17/2017 06:58 AM, Steve Clark wrote: >> On 03/17/2017 09:49 AM, Adrian Klaver wrote: >>> On 03/17/2017 06:42 AM, Steve Clark wrote: >>>> Hi List, >>>> >>>> I am running postgresql 8.4.20 on CentOS 6. Things have been running fine >>>> for a long time >>>> then I rebooted. Postgres came up but when I tried to connect with psql on >>>> the local machine >>>> I got >>>> >>>> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory >>>> Is the server running locally and accepting >>>> connections on Unix domain socket >>>> "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"? >>>> >>>> The socket is actually being created (and always has been) in /tmp >>> So you built Postgres from source? >> No - it is installed using yum. >> >> It looks like the problem is someone loaded postgresql-9.5 and psql was >> using: >> psql 14971 postgres mem REG 8,4 193296 950807 >> /usr/pgsql-9.5/lib/libpq.so.5.8 >> >> the libpq from 9.5. >> >> By removing the ln and using >> >> # rm /var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432 >> rm: remove symbolic link `/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432'? y >> >> $ psql >> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory >> Is the server running locally and accepting >> connections on Unix domain socket >> "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"? >> >> $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64 psql >> psql (8.4.20) > You probably already know, but 8.4 is ~2 1/2 past EOL. Also the last > release in that series was 8.4.22. > > Hmm... maybe you missed the fact I am running CentOS 6. It appears 8.20 is the latest official release.
$ rpm -qa|grep postgres postgresql-server-8.4.20-6.el6.x86_64 $ sudo yum update postgresql-server Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit Setting up Update Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * atomic: www6.atomicorp.com * base: repo1.dal.innoscale.net * elrepo: iad.mirror.rackspace.com * epel: mirror.nodesdirect.com * extras: mirror.sjc02.svwh.net * updates: mirror.millry.co No Packages marked for Update
