At 07:06 AM 16/05/2005 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi, we're trying to run a 1.5.1 Firebird SuperServer on an eMac (we
>can't build 1.5.2 - see other recent post). We've successfully been
>running it on an iMac (several months?), no problems. However we've
>just installed it on the eMac (10.3.7). There's apparently no
>installation errors, but when the service tries to start there's the
>following error:
>
>INET/inet_error: read errno = 54
>INET/inet_error: receive in try_connect errno = 54
>INET/inet_error: receive in try_connect errno = 22
>
>The last message is repeated once per second, nine times before the
>service gives up.
>
>Does this mean anything to anyone?
>If '54' could be interpreted as '10054', this is 'connection reset'.
>Why would this be?
>
>Another thing that is strange is that you (attempt to) start the
>service by running "fbmgr.bin -start". However 'start' is not listed
>as an option for fbmgr.bin (when specifying -help)... I assume it was
>only mistakenly omitted from the command-line help.
>
>Any ideas why 1.5.1 won't run on the eMac? (BTW, 'classic' server runs
>ok.)

No certified Superserver build has been released by the project for
MacOS. My understanding is that it has largely defeated those who have
tried to port it because of the way threading is implemented in BSD-based
Unixen. In addition, the project is seriously under-resourced with respect
to Mac hardware access and the project's main Darwin person is not
available to work on porting at present.

You're in the wrong list to try to solve porting problems. Take it
firebird-devel - there the right eyes might be watching. Best you try to
get heads together with others who want to do this port, see if it's
doable, and see whether you can move it forward to your mutual satisfaction.

^heLen