Thanks Helen for the attention. Anyway, after your suggestion I do a
quick check on existance of fb before starting it. It's still giving
me same error. Below is my screen / log shots. Is my fb tries to
_over_ spawn or something? What can I do to fix this? TQ.

buttercup root # ps auxf | grep fb
root 10087 0.0 0.1 1376 436 pts/0 S+ 17:34 0:00
\_ grep fb
buttercup root # /opt/firebird/bin/fbmgr.bin -start -user sysdba
-password masterke
check $FIREBIRD/firebird.log file for errors
can not start server
buttercup root # cat /opt/firebird/firebird.log
buttercup (Client) Fri Jan 14 17:35:14 2005
INET/inet_error: connect errno = 111

buttercup (Client) Fri Jan 14 17:35:14 2005
/opt/firebird/bin/fbguard: guardian starting bin/fbserver
buttercup (Server) Fri Jan 14 17:35:16 2005
SERVER/process_packet: connection rejected for root
.
.
.
buttercup (Server) Fri Jan 14 17:35:25 2005
SERVER/process_packet: connection rejected for root

buttercup (Server) Fri Jan 14 17:35:25 2005
SERVER/process_packet: connection rejected for root

buttercup (Server) Fri Jan 14 17:35:25 2005
SERVER/process_packet: connection rejected for root

buttercup root # ps auxf | grep fb
root 10107 0.0 0.1 1376 436 pts/0 S+ 17:35 0:00
\_ grep fb
root 10097 0.0 0.5 3720 1520 pts/0 S 17:35 0:00
/opt/firebird/bin/fbguard -f
root 10098 0.0 1.1 10276 2960 ? S 17:35 0:00 \_
/opt/firebird/bin/fbserver
root 10099 0.0 1.1 10276 2960 ? S 17:35 0:00 \_
/opt/firebird/bin/fbserver
root 10102 0.0 1.1 10276 2960 ? S 17:35 0:00
\_ /opt/firebird/bin/fbserver
root 10104 0.0 1.1 10276 2960 ? S 17:35 0:00
\_ /opt/firebird/bin/fbserver
buttercup root #
buttercup root # /opt/firebird/bin/fbmgr.bin -shut -user sysdba
-password masterke
server shutdown completed

buttercup root # ps auxf | grep fb
root 10215 0.0 0.1 1376 436 pts/0 S+ 17:59 0:00
\_ grep fbbuttercup root # su - firebird -c
"/opt/firebird/bin/fbmgr.bin -start -user sysdba -password masterke"
check $FIREBIRD/firebird.log file for errors
can not start server
buttercup root # less /opt/firebird/firebird.log
buttercup (Client) Fri Jan 14 18:00:27 2005
INET/inet_error: connect errno = 111

buttercup (Client) Fri Jan 14 18:00:28 2005
/opt/firebird/bin/fbguard: guardian starting bin/fbserver


buttercup (Server) Fri Jan 14 18:00:29 2005
SERVER/process_packet: connection rejected for firebird

buttercup (Server) Fri Jan 14 18:00:29 2005
SERVER/process_packet: connection rejected for firebird

buttercup (Server) Fri Jan 14 18:00:29 2005
SERVER/process_packet: connection rejected for firebird
.
.
.

buttercup root # ps auxf | grep fb
root 10268 0.0 0.1 1376 436 pts/0 S+ 18:03 0:00
\_ grep fb
firebird 10240 0.0 0.5 3720 1520 pts/0 S 18:00 0:00
/opt/firebird/bin/fbguard -f
firebird 10241 0.0 1.1 10276 2960 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
/opt/firebird/bin/fbserver
firebird 10242 0.0 1.1 10276 2960 ? S 18:00 0:00 \_
/opt/firebird/bin/fbserver
firebird 10245 0.0 1.1 10276 2960 ? S 18:00 0:00
\_ /opt/firebird/bin/fbserver
firebird 10246 0.0 1.1 10276 2960 ? S 18:00 0:00
\_ /opt/firebird/bin/fbserver


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

> At 01:14 PM 13/01/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>
>
>
> >I'm using a Gentoo emerge version of Firebird which is Firebird 1.5.1.
> >Everytime I try to
> >start my firebird fbmgr says "server can not start" and "please check
> >$FIREBIRD/
> >firebird.log", but the server did start. when I did ps -aux , I can

see

> >the firebird thingy. I
> >did try to "su - firebird" and run the fbmgr but same thing happends...
>
> Has it occurred to you that fbserver may be already running? If it's
> already started, it can't be started again without stopping it
> first. Probably it would be clearer if the message were not

designed to

> shoot two crows with one arrow.
>
> Check its state with ps *before* you issue the command.
>
> ./hb