>> Hello Paul:
>> What user are you using. Remember, you have a brand new install and
>> haven't created any users yet, except for the superuser(postgres). Try
>> connecting as the postgres(superuser).
btw, are you trying to start postmaster as root? it seems that there's a
bug in postgresql: it says it started successfully when you start it as
root, but it doesn't start. start it as pgsql (freebsd) or postgres (linux)