Starting php5-fpm (5.3.17-1~dotdeb.0 & below) hangs/fails on Debian Squeeze.

Possible errors:
– Restarting PHP5 FastCGI Process Manager: php5-fpm failed!

Commenting out or removing „php5-pspell“ module fixed it for me.

PHP 5.4.7 and PHP 5.3.17