hi jerry,
>> could not lookup DNS configuration info service: (ipc/send) invalid
>> destination port
>> LOG: could not resolve "localhost": nodename nor servname provided,
>> or not known
>> LOG: disabling statistics collector for lack of working socket
>> WARNING: autovacuum not started because of misconfiguration
>> HINT: Enable the "track_counts" option.
>> DNSServiceDiscoveryLookupServer(): {/SourceCache/mDNSResponder/
>> mDNSResponder-212.1/mDNSMacOSX/DNSServiceDiscovery.c:143}
>> bootstrap_look_up() failed: $10000003
>
> I wonder whether adding or removing --with-bonjour (whichever way
> you didn't configure it) would make a difference.
try killing mDNSResponder before restarting postgres:
sudo killall mDNSResponder
hopefully apple fixes this dns-problems in 10.6.1.
regards, jan otto