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

>
> At 02:14 AM 26/01/2008, Matthias Hanft wrote:
>
> >Since the latest FB Gentoo package update (where all the files

were moved

> >from /opt to /usr), the startup script "/etc/init.d/firebird

start"

> >always takes a while, then displays "the firebird service could

not

> >be started" - but that's a lie: everything runs fine!
>
> It's not a lie :-) If fbserver is already running, then it can't

be started.

>

But it wasn't running before the startup script was called. I just
looked again:

sib@Elend ~ $ ps aux | grep fb
sib 5151 0.0 0.1 2976 780 pts/1 S+ 11:27 0:00
grep --colour=auto fb

No fbserver running. Then

Elend ~ # /etc/init.d/firebird start
* Starting Firebird server ...
check /var/log/firebird/firebird.log file for errors
can not start server
[ ok ]

And the log file says:

Elend (Client) Sun Jan 27 11:28:05 2008
INET/inet_error: connect errno = 111

Elend (Client) Sun Jan 27 11:28:06 2008
/usr/lib/firebird/../../../usr/bin/fbguard: guardian
starting ../../../usr/bin/fbserver

Moreover, if I really try to start the server a second time the
message is quite correct: "WARNING: firebird has already been
started."

Regards,
Herta