Hello,

I also have some related problems:

dawid@asusek:$ cd bin
dawid@asusek:$ ./zotonic start
Starting zotonic zotonic...@asusek.local
dawid@asusek:$ ./zotonic status
Running: zotonic...@asusek.local

Sites Status:
=============
{"init terminating in
do_boot",{function_clause,[{zotonic,'-status/1-lc$^0/1-0-',[{badrpc,nodedow n}],[{file,"src/zotonic.erl"},{line,83}]},{zotonic,status,1,[{file,"src/zot onic.erl"},{line,83}]},{init,start_it,1,[]},{init,start_em,1,[]}]}}

Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump
init terminating in do_boot ()

dawid@asusek:$ erl_call -name  zotonic...@asusek.local
erl_call: failed to connect to node zotonic...@asusek.local

dawid@asusek:$ ./zotonic stop
Stopping zotonic zotonic...@asusek.local
Stopping:'zotonic...@asusek.local'
There is no node with this name

(zotonic...@asusek.local)3> zotonic:status().
zotonic_status      - running
ok

My environment:

Zotonic - from git repository.

host 127.0.0.1
1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer localhost.

/etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 asusek

nslookup 127.0.0.1Server:               127.0.0.1
Address:        127.0.0.1#53

1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa  name = localhost.

(I hope this error has nothing to do with Postgres).

ALSO:
(zotonic...@asusek.local)4> net_adm:localhost().
"asusek"
(zotonic...@asusek.local)5> inet:gethostname().
{ok,"asusek"}
(zotonic...@asusek.local)6> erlang:get_cookie().
'LJAVWETBDROCJZORXVBI'
(zotonic...@asusek.local)7> node().
'zotonic...@asusek.local'

2nd node:
(zotonic002@asusek)1> erlang:get_cookie().
'LJAVWETBDROCJZORXVBI'
(zotonic002@asusek)2> node().
zotonic002@asusek
(zotonic002@asusek)5> rpc:call('zotonic...@asusek.local', z_sites_manager, get_sites_status, []).

=ERROR REPORT==== 16-Oct-2012::01:52:26 ===
** System NOT running to use fully qualified hostnames **
** Hostname asusek.local is illegal **
{badrpc,nodedown}
(zotonic002@asusek)6> rpc:call('zotonic001@asusek', z_sites_manager, get_sites_status, []).      
{badrpc,nodedown}

Probably I have some mismatches with DNS, or some hostname issues...
How can I fix this?

Cheers,

Dawid