Hello , I have found the error. I looked on an older SuSE-Version ( i think 9.1) where we also have a postgres running. There the postgres-process is started with: pg_ctl start -s -p $H -l $LOGFILE -D $DATADIR -o "\"$OPTIONS\"". On this system the server is starting without problems. On my new installation (9.2), the server is started with: pg_ctl start -s -w -p $H -l $LOGFILE -D $DATADIR -o "\"$OPTIONS\"" The parameter -w "waits until operation completes". I don't know for what exactly he is waiting (maybe better weather), but i deleted the parameter, and now everything is working fine. Bernd Lentes
