On May 14, 2007, at 6:21 PM, George Heller wrote:
> psql mydatabase postgres
>
> it gives me the error,
> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or
> directory
Depending on your setup, postgres might not be starting automatically
on reboot.
Try:
pg_ctl start -D [datadir]
replacing [datadir] with your path like you did before and any other
options you want to send it.
pg_ctl --help for reference