Vinko Vrsalovic <el(at)vinko(dot)cl> writes:
> [vinko(at)mymachine sources 20:55:07]$ telnet mymachine 5431
> Trying 192.168.0.169...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
Looks to me like you forgot to enable TCP connections in the 8.0
installation. Note that the relevant postgresql.conf options are
not the same in 8.0 as 7.4 (see listen_addresses vs tcpip_socket
and virtual_host).
regards, tom lane