ok, I've tried installing using phpPGAdmin and via separately via shell. So far, I get an error on shell saying "Incorrect username/password combination, please try again" and a very cryptic error on phpPGAdmin. Can anyone please tell me where I should start looking for the cause of the issue?

Also, I performed a reverse md5 hash on the password stored in the users table and it verifies as "password" so root / password should work, alas, I am baffled as it is broke.

Regards.

P.s. many thanks for the help!