--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Paul Reeves <paul@f...>
wrote:

> On Friday 22 April 2005 05:57, Tony Masefield wrote:
> > Possibly changing the FB start-up settings to auto service then

to

> > auto application and back to auto service leaves remnants in the
> > Registry which are attempting to load Firebird multiple (I

assume 2 -

> > as a service and as an application) times - i.e changing from

one to

> > the other does not automatically erase the previous Registry

entry?

> >
>
> The applet has been written (and tested) to survive idle clicking

while on

> chatting on the phone, so the behaviour you mention _ought_ not be
> possible.
>
> I would first check the date and version of the cpl applet. The

one that

> shipped with 1.5 had some timing issues with XP and Win2K3. These

should

> have been fixed for 1.5.1 and later.
>

The CP applet :
Version 1.5.1.4481 Firebird 1.5
Guardian - False
Run - as service
Start - manually (But, the server starts on boot-up, i.e. is running)

> What O/S are you running on?
>

I'm using a Toshiba Laptop running Win XP Pro (Ver 5.1.2600)

>
> Paul
> --
> Paul Reeves

Here is an extract fro the Firebird log when things started to go
wrong:
TONY (Client) Wed Apr 13 15:21:35 2005
INET/inet_error: connect errno = 10061

TONY (Client) Thu Apr 21 15:27:01 2005
Guardian starting: C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5
\bin\fbserver.exe


TONY (Client) Thu Apr 21 15:27:07 2005
C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\bin\fbserver.exe:
normal shutdown


TONY (Client) Thu Apr 21 15:27:07 2005
Control services error 1061

TONY (Server) Thu Apr 21 18:57:24 2005
The Firebird Server failed to startup because another
instance of the server is already running.

TONY (Server) Thu Apr 21 20:12:46 2005
The Firebird Server failed to startup because another
instance of the server is already running.

TONY (Server) Thu Apr 21 20:18:17 2005
The Firebird Server failed to startup because another
instance of the server is already running.

TONY (Server) Fri Apr 22 05:59:35 2005
The Firebird Server failed to startup because another
instance of the server is already running.

TONY (Server) Fri Apr 22 05:59:35 2005
INET/inet_error: accept errno = 10093

TONY (Server) Fri Apr 22 06:06:22 2005
The Firebird Server failed to startup because another
instance of the server is already running.

TONY (Server) Fri Apr 22 06:36:49 2005
The Firebird Server failed to startup because another
instance of the server is already running.

TONY (Server) Fri Apr 22 16:32:33 2005
The Firebird Server failed to startup because another
instance of the server is already running.

Additionally I have checked
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and the path to
FBServer is listed (!?) - although Firebird is set to run manually.

FBServer is also listed under C:\Windows\Prefetch but I'm not sure
if this makes any difference (?).

But, the question still remains as to what is causing FB to try and
load twice (accepting that HKLM...\Run exists at this stage) but the
Server manager is set to manual start-up.

BTW, FB 1.5 was originally installed but I did uninstall before
adding 1.5.1.

Thanks for the help Paul. If I can be of any more assistance please
let me know. Sorry for the delay in replying but Friday is
the "weekend" here in the Middle East and I had to go out shopping
earlier.

Regards,