Lion connecting rails to postgresql , with ssd boot drive

Question

I'm trying to use postgresql with my rails development on Lion. My machine is currently set to boot from a solid state and store /home folder on a seperate hd. I'm able to create users for postgres fine using the

createuser

command

but when ever i try to create a db using rake

rake db:create

i get this error

could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/var/pgsql_socket/.s.PGSQL.5432"? /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1076:in initialize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1076:in new' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1076:in connect' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:312:in initialize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:28:in new' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:28:in postgresql_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecor d-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:304:in new_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:323:in checkout_new_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:265:in block (2 levels) in checkout' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:261:in loop' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:261:in block in checkout' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in mon_synchronize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abs tract/connection_pool.rb:260:in checkout' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:162:in connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:409:in retrieve_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:115:in retrieve_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:89:in connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:110:in rescue in create_database' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:54: in create_database' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:33:in block (5 levels) in ' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:151:in local_database?' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:33:in local_database?' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:33:in block (4 levels) in ' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:19:in each_value' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:19:in block (3 levels) in ' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:205:in call' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:205:in block in execute' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:200:in each' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:200:in execute' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:158:in block in invoke_with_call_chain' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in block in invoke_with_call_chain' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in mon_synchronize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:151:in invoke_with_call_chain' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:144:in invoke' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:116:in invoke_task' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:94:in block (2 levels) in top_level' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:94:in each' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:94:in block in top_level' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:133:in standard_exception_handling' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:88:in standard_exception_handling' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:88:in top_level' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:66:in block in run' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:133:in standard_exception_handling' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:63:in run' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/bin/rake:33:in ' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/rake:19:in load' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/rake:19:in ' Couldn't create database for {"adapter"=>"postgresql", "encoding"=>"unicode", "database"=>"alpha_development", "pool"=>5, "username"=>"alpha", "password"=>nil} could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/var/pgsql_socket/.s.PGSQL.5432"? /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1076:in initialize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1076:in new' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1076:in connect' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:312:in initialize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:28:in new' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:28:in postgresql_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecor d-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:304:in new_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:323:in checkout_new_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:265:in block (2 levels) in checkout' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:261:in loop' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:261:in block in checkout' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in mon_synchronize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abs tract/connection_pool.rb:260:in checkout' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:162:in connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:409:in retrieve_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:115:in retrieve_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:89:in connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:110:in rescue in create_database' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:54: in create_database' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:33:in block (5 levels) in ' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:151:in local_database?' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:33:in local_database?' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:33:in block (4 levels) in ' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:19:in each_value' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:19:in block (3 levels) in ' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:205:in call' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:205:in block in execute' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:200:in each' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:200:in execute' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:158:in block in invoke_with_call_chain' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in block in invoke_with_call_chain' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in mon_synchronize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:151:in invoke_with_call_chain' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:144:in invoke' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:116:in invoke_task' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:94:in block (2 levels) in top_level' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:94:in each' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:94:in block in top_level' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:133:in standard_exception_handling' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:88:in standard_exception_handling' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:88:in top_level' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:66:in block in run' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:133:in standard_exception_handling' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:63:in run' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/bin/rake:33:in ' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/rake:19:in load' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/rake:19:in ' Couldn't create database for {"adapter"=>"postgresql", "encoding"=>"unicode", "database"=>"alpha_test", "pool"=>5, "username"=>"alpha", "password"=>nil} could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/var/pgsql_socket/.s.PGSQL.5432"? /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1076:in initialize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1076:in new' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1076:in connect' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:312:in initialize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:28:in new' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:28:in postgresql_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecor d-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:304:in new_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:323:in checkout_new_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:265:in block (2 levels) in checkout' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:261:in loop' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:261:in block in checkout' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in mon_synchronize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abs tract/connection_pool.rb:260:in checkout' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:162:in connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:409:in retrieve_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:115:in retrieve_connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:89:in connection' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:110:in rescue in create_database' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:54: in create_database' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:33:in block (5 levels) in ' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:151:in local_database?' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:33:in local_database?' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:33:in block (4 levels) in ' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:19:in each_value' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:19:in block (3 levels) in ' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:205:in call' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:205:in block in execute' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:200:in each' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:200:in execute' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:158:in block in invoke_with_call_chain' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in block in invoke_with_call_chain' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in mon_synchronize' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:151:in invoke_with_call_chain' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:144:in invoke' /Volumes/Lion/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:116:in 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Answer 1

Your problem has nothing to do with Lion or SSD.

Please check if your pgsql is running or not first.

netstat -tan | grep LISTEN

PostgreSQL should be listening on 5432 port by default.