Failed to connect to database - further investigations

Still running Postgresql 8.0 beta1 from the binary MSI Installer,
Windows XP Professional now Sevice Pack 2


Stopped the running service, started Postgresql from the command line
to get some debugging output:

C:\Programme\PostgreSQL\8.0-beta1\bin>postmaster.exe -i
WARNING:  could not find a match for Windows timezone "Westeurop=F5ische No=
rmalzei
t"
LOG:  database system was shut down at 2004-09-05 12:06:23 Westeurop=F5isch=
e Norma
lzeit
LOG:  checkpoint record is at 0/AB4B78
LOG:  redo record is at 0/AB4B78; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE
LOG:  next transaction ID: 498; next OID: 17228
LOG:  database system is ready
LOG:  select() failed in statistics buffer: Ein Vorgang bezog sich auf ein =
Objek
t, das kein Socket ist.

LOG:  statistics collector process (PID 2700) was terminated by signal 1
LOG:  select() failed in statistics collector: Ein Vorgang bezog sich auf e=
in Ob
jekt, das kein Socket ist.
####################################################
LOG:  select() failed in statistics buffer: Ein Vorgang bezog sich auf ein =
Objek
t, das kein Socket ist.
#######################################=20
this message gets repeated without something else happening ... no
connection attempt or anything.

#########################
#############################################################

LOG:  incomplete startup packet
LOG:  could not receive data from client: Ein Vorgang bezog sich auf ein Ob=
jekt,
 das kein Socket ist.


This gets printed out anytime I try to connect - no matter if from
psql or from pgadmin

on the client side:
C:\Programme\PostgreSQL\8.0-beta1\bin>psql -h localhost
psql: server closed the connection unexpectedly
        This probably means the server terminated abnormally
        before or while processing the request.


Any ideas what could be wrong? Googling led to around 3 people with
the same problem, but no solution yet.

hmmmm