--- In ib-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...> wrote:

> To requote your original question:
>
> "Firebird logs the above error message once every second. How can I
> find out why the sweep thread is unable to start?"
>
> At 09:11 AM 29/03/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> > > Database? version? platform? Is the sweep start attempt being
> >done
> > > automatically/by schedule/manually? If manually - remotely or
> >locally?
> >
> >Firebird
> >1.02.908
> >win32
> >automatically
>
> Could it be that a sweep is already running? What do you have as

the sweep

> interval?

The sweep interval is 20000.

When the error occurs, new clients are unable to connect to the
database, and there's 500+ "owner block" entries when running iblockpr

Also, it takes forever to disconnect.