2012/10/8 Ralf Schuchardt <r...@gmx.de> > > > Using sysctl to set the shm* values has consistently worked for us in the > last years ... > > probably i missed that point because my last install of postgres was on ubuntu...
> > Mountain Lion comes with it's own version of PostgreSQL. The included psql > command probably searches for unix sockets in a different place than your > self compiled version. Is your path correctly set? > right, the client only. my path is correctly set, resarting the computer helps. i'm now able to connect using tcp/ip : $ psql -h localhost -p 5433 -U yt -d yt_tests psql (9.2.1) Type "help" for help. yt_tests=# CREATE EXTENSION unaccent; CREATE EXTENSION yt_tests=# select unaccent('Hôtel'); unaccent ---------- Hotel (1 row) may be something was wrong with postmaster.pid and the socket ? unclear to me but it "seems" to work right now. -- Yvon