"Michael Artz" <mlartz(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I thought I'd be clever and use the cygwin 'psql' client to connect to
> the Windows native PostgreSQL 8.1.3 running on the same box, since the
> the cygwin port feels more like home (keybindings). Unfortunately, I
> get the following message when connecting (after about a minute):
> $ psql -h 127.0.0.1 -l
> psql: server closed the connection unexpectedly
> This probably means the server terminated abnormally
> before or while processing the request.
The postmaster log might have something enlightening ...
regards, tom lane