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Using qgis 1.8 on Ubuntu 10.04 with Postgres 8.4.13

I am creating a new (and my first) Postgresql connection in qgis.

I can connect to the user and the db using the pgsql client.

jlam@lusk:~/programmation/Quantum-GIS/build-master/output/bin$ psql -U qgis -W qgis -p 5432
Mot de passe pour l'utilisateur qgis : 
psql (8.4.13)
Saisissez « help » pour l'aide.

qgis=> \q
jlam@lusk:~/programmation/Quantum-GIS/build-master/output/bin$

But when testing the same parameters within the PostGIS connection creation dialog box, I get connection failure:

"La connexion échouée - Réglez la connexion et réessayez"

("Connection failed - Fix the connection and try again")

My pg_hba.conf file includes the line:

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local   all         qgis                          md5

Is there a way I can get qgis to send me back the error code and error string it gets from postgres, if its connecting at all, or to increase debug output on the console?

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When you connect via command line using psql, you're passing the -W flag, which forces it not to ask for a password. According to the line in your pg_hba.conf, your system is set up to use md5 password encryption. I'm guessing that within QGIS, the password is not being supplied correctly. What happens if you change your pg_hba.conf from md5 to trust? Since you're only connecting locally, security shouldn't be a major problem. – L_Holcombe Oct 11 '12 at 3:41
I'm afraid I still get the same error. Just realized it's connecting via IPv4 or IPv6, not the socket, since qgis asks me for port number. – user1611925 Oct 11 '12 at 19:24
# IPv4 local connections: host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5 # IPv6 local connections: host all all ::1/128 md5 – user1611925 Oct 11 '12 at 19:28
you can also set your IPv4 connection to use trust which should allow you to connect locally. – djq Oct 12 '12 at 1:56

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