On Feb 25, 2004, at 2:13 AM, repetita_iuvant wrote:

> I tried searching for Firebird on MacOS X info in this list, but no
> results were found (I searched for "MacOS" and "Darwin"). Am I the
> only one trying to use the MacOS X version?

No.

> Or am I the only one
> having problems with it?

Probably not.

> Or is this the wrong list?

This is the right list.

>
> In the latter case, what's the right one?
>
> In any case but the latter, here is my problem:
>
> I downloaded and installed MacOS_X-CS-1.0.1.1-Release.pkg.tar.gz on
> both 10.2.8 and 10.3. The installer went through without problems.
> Then I run /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Firebird from a
> terminal window, after doing a "chmod a+x" on the referenced file.

/Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Firebird is the shared library
that you would like an API application against, it isn't executable.
Look in /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework/Resources/bin for the
tools.

> MacOS X 10.2.8 replied "Segmentation Fault" :-(
> MaxOS X 10.3 replied "Bad executable" :-(
>
> Then I tried with 1.5-RC7 on 10.3, no chmod needed, same reply, "Bad
> executable".
>
> How do I start the Firebird server on MacOS X?

CS is started on demand by inetd/xinetd. There is nothing you need to
do to start it.

>
> Can anybody help me, please?

-John