HI I recently installed postgreSQL 8.3 via aptitude
aptitude install postgresql-8.3 postgresql-contrib-8.3 postgresql-client-8.3


After installation I try to log in as postgres
#sudo su postgres

then I type psql
And it shows me this

could not connect to server: The file or directory doesn't exist
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

Which shows some problem with my socket connection then I try to manually run the service


# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 start

and it just doesn't do anything..

I try to stop it

# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 stop

And it just doesn't do anything

I need some help on this

Thank you

What about
and
does it show anything. Is there any logs?