New HDD - Restored from time Machine - PT not working

[Salon82]

Hi guys,

I had a HDD failure on my imac (OSX.75) and just had a new one installed. All my data was backed up with time machine and has been moved to the new HDD. I can see the PostgreSQL database is there on startup. When I try and start Pokertracker however I get an error message.

Unable to login to database (postgres). Reason: could not connect to server. No such file or directory is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"?

I'm guessing since it's a new HDD all the info is there but the pathway to it has changed so PT doesn't know where it is. What should I do to get this sorted? Not really sure where to start don't want to fuck anything up. Thanks for your assistance!

[kraada]

I'd start by re-running the PostgreSQL installer just to make sure everything is set up properly. It can't hurt and it has a reasonably good chance of fixing things for you.

[Salon82]

Ok thanks. But How do I reinstall it? Do I need to delete Poker tracker entirely and go through the entire set up process from the beginning? And then hopefully it will find my existing database?

[WhiteRider]

No, just run the PostgreSQL installer - available on www.PostgreSQL.org. Be sure to install the same major version that you already have - PT4 installs 9.0 by default, so that is probably what you have.

[kraada]

If you're not sure what version you have installed, follow this portion of our uninstall/reinstall guide to find out.