Seems, some process are still running and looking for database access. You can try unclean shutdown IMMEDIATE with below option by forcing all process to stop
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres stop -mi --- Regards, Raghavendra EnterpriseDB Corporation Blog: http://raghavt.blogspot.com/ 2012/1/3 roberto sanchez muñoz <trev2...@gmail.com> > how can i stop the server i use this in terminal (pg_ctl -D > /usr/local/var/postgres stop -s -m fast) and show this pg_ctl: server does > not shut down > > thanks for your help > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >