Steve Wampler <swampler(at)noao(dot)edu> writes:
> I'm trying to install PG 7.4.6 (from Fedora rpms) and
> keep getting stuck with psql refusing to do anything
> useful.
Are you running with SELinux enforcement mode on? We've just isolated
some problems there --- see
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=143208
The quickest workaround is to "sudo /usr/sbin/setenforce 0", at least for
long enough to run initdb.
regards, tom lane