Hi,

>This leads me to believe that at least one of the following are true
>#2 Firebird on some or all dual core machines is unstable.

Not this one probably. Most FB users have used FB SS or CS on
multi-core/multi-cpu boxes without problems. Theses days, theres probably
even more dual-core [server] installs than single-core.

>Is anybody running Firebird on a multi core processor in a similar
>Linux environment to me?

With linux and multi-core the only experience I have is running FB 1.5 SS
with CentOS 5


Regards,
Anderson Farias