DBI connect error in UID.pm line 82 running fs-setup

[Robert Haskins]

I'm trying to install Freeside 1.3.0 for the first time on a Sun Blade 
100 running Solaris 8 (uname -a reports "SunOS pegasus 5.8 
Generic_108528-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100") with PostgreSQL 7.1.1 
and Perl 5.6.1. All of the required Perl modules have been installed and 
tested with their respective installation scripts. I installed DBD 
version 0.98 for PostgreSQL and DBI version 1.15.

The error message I am receiving when I run the command "./fs-setup 
freeside" as user freeside from the freeside source directory is the 
following:

DBI->connect(host=localhost;dbname=freeside) failed: 1 at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/FS/UID.pm line 82
DBI->connect error: 1

I've read all of the freeside configuration documentation, all of the 
related PostgreSQL web pages and all of the related Perl module 
documentation. I've also searched the archives of this mailing list and 
cannot find this error anywhere. I can connect to the PG freeside 
database as the freeside user, but I just cannot seem to get this setup 
script to work! I also am unable locate what "DBI->connect error: 1" means.

 From everything I've read and seen from the online demo, it looks like 
freeside is an *awesome* system. I hope someone can give me a hand, I 
know I must be missing something really basic and simple. I'm really 
looking forward to moving my customers over to freeside. The 
functionality is amazing!

Feel free to email me directly, and I'll summarize and post what I find 
back to the list. Thanks in advance for your help.
-- 
Robert D. Haskins
WorldNET
mailto:rhaskins at wn.net
http://www.ziplink.net/~rhaskins