It is possible that due some weird stuff the port is not made free...
check with
$ netstat --all --numeric-ports -p | grep 5432
this -for example- is my output:
tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:54320.0.0.0:*
LISTEN 12775/postmaster
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM L
philippe haas wrote:
> port 5432 (postmaster postgres reserved) on my machine(suze 8.2),
> with PostgreSQL 7.4.1 ) is unreachable
> When i launche postmaster with tcp/op option, i've the message :
> LOG: could not bind IPv4 socket: Address already in use.
> HINT: Is another postmaster already run
