diff -up pgpool-II-3.1/pgpool.conf.sample.orig pgpool-II-3.1/pgpool.conf.sample
--- pgpool-II-3.1/pgpool.conf.sample.orig	2011-08-25 17:04:43.000000000 -0400
+++ pgpool-II-3.1/pgpool.conf.sample	2011-09-12 10:51:53.136935503 -0400
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ port = 9999
                                    # (change requires restart)
 socket_dir = '/tmp'
                                    # Unix domain socket path
-                                   # The Debian package defaults to
-                                   # /var/run/postgresql
                                    # (change requires restart)
 
 
@@ -45,12 +43,16 @@ pcp_port = 9898
                                    # (change requires restart)
 pcp_socket_dir = '/tmp'
                                    # Unix domain socket path for pcp
-                                   # The Debian package defaults to
-                                   # /var/run/postgresql
                                    # (change requires restart)
 
 # - Backend Connection Settings -
 
+backend_hostname0 = 'localhost'
+backend_port0 = 5432
+backend_weight0 = 1
+backend_data_directory0 = '/var/lib/pgsql/data'
+backend_flag0 = 'ALLOW_TO_FAILOVER'
+
 #backend_hostname0 = 'host1'
                                    # Host name or IP address to connect to for backend 0
 #backend_port0 = 5432
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ debug_level = 0
 pid_file_name = '/var/run/pgpool/pgpool.pid'
                                    # PID file name
                                    # (change requires restart)
-logdir = '/tmp'
+logdir = '/var/log/pgpool'
                                    # Directory of pgPool status file
                                    # (change requires restart)