We just had the same problem with IB5.6 on a customer site this morning. We
noticed that the Interbase Server service was set to Automatic startup when
it should be manual - we're hoping that solved it. Maybe worth checking ;-)

Regards
Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Reeves [mailto:paul@...]
> Sent: 16 June 2004 09:46
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Re: Some problems with Firebird
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> On Tuesday 15 June 2004 10:31, Salvatore Besso wrote:
> >
> > The problem is that the Guardian is not always able to launch server
> > (FB 1.5 SS final). OS is Windows XP Pro SP1. Digging in the
> > Firebird.log file I have found this:
> >
> > ANNIBALE (Client) Fri May 28 23:26:09 2004
> > C:\Programmi\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\bin\fbserver.exe :
> > The guardian was unable to launch the server thread. errno : 1055
> >
> > Maybe it can shed some light about the problem? I repeat that sometimes
> > it can launch the server, but in the majority of cases it cannot, say
> > it fails 9 times out of 10.
> >
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> How is Firebird installed - server or application?
> How are you starting the guardian - automatically boot or manually?
> If manually, what are you using the control panel, or instsvc?
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> Paul
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