Hi all!

Some days ago I've installed FM Server 5.5 onto my MacOS 9.2.1 G4

and it worked (and it's working) fine..

A couple o f day ago I would like to test the FMS X version, so

I rebooted my G4 from the X partition (a HFS Extended...)

I've installed FMS acting like "root" and Administrator but when I've

lauched FMS and started the server, FMS stops services and I found this error in the event.log:

"TCP/IP network initialization failed; the TCP/IP address is already in use or an addressed could not be obtained." (Exactly as documented in the help!)

Infact the FMS Networking Tab shows an empty/dimmed <Preferred IP Address> pop-menu.

I tried to force the IP, editing the PREFIPADDR parameter of the "fmserver.conf"

file and even editing the USEPREFIPADDR (both ON/OFF) but with no solution.

FMS still ignores the IP I have written and still shows the empty/dimmed IP pop-menu.

Then I've created a dedicated address in Network pane: nothing!!!

Obviously the TCP/IP works fine with all the other IP based

applications: Explorer, mail, FTP, telnet, FileMakerPro 5.5 etc...

Can anybody give me a suggestion?

TYVM

/Steve

You aren't trying to run both the "classic" version and the OS X version simultaneously are you?

I might also mention that the IP address will be grayed out if you have only one NIC card on the machine.

OAM

Yes, I've supposed this -you can't make a choice if you have only one IP address)-, but:

1 - why does not start the hosting of database ?

2 - why, if I configure a multi IP configuration over the same nic, doesn't let me FM to choice my preferred IPADDRS?

Let me suppose I need to downgrade MacOS X (back to 10.1).....

/Ste

Perhaps OS X doesn't allow multiple IP address on the same machine. I think that the core issue though is that the service won't start.

You may have to disinstall the FM Server 5.5 and then do a reinstall being sure that the your have logged on as root.

OS X reamins a new and challenging mystery in many ways, and it's going to stay that way for a while yet I'd say.

OAM

I've solved the problem thanks to MacOS X 10.1.2

In a new post the next troubles: "Automatically start-up FMServer at boot"

/Steve