Seems like you don't have a localhost entry on your /etc/hosts Please check you have a
127.0.0.1 yourmachine localhost.localdomain localhost If I remove my localhost entry from /etc/hosts Comes the same error you describe -- postgres 8.3 install crashed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/365464 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs