Geoffrey Knauth <geoff(at)knauth(dot)org> writes:
> I'm running PostgreSQL 8.1.3. In my postgresql.conf, the following
> works:
> listen_addresses = '*'
> but the following does not:
> listen_addresses = '192.168.1.33'
> I get an error:
> WARNING: could not create listen socket for "192.168.1.33"
> FATAL: could not create any TCP/IP sockets
There should be more info than that --- AFAICS all the failure paths in
that code emit LOG messages. Perhaps you have log_min_messages set too
high to allow the info to come out?
regards, tom lane