I'm trying to establish Firebird on SuSE 9.1 and have struck a blank (brain that is) 1. I'm logged in as root 2. /etc/sysconfig/firebird is a text file which I "found". It contains "START_FIREBIRD="yes" 3. ps -A shows no indication of firebird as a running service Why is it so? Any tips appreciated Thanks Mike Just in case someone can see something I missed, here is the output from ps -A ... PID TTY TIME CMD 1 ? 00:00:04 init 2 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0 3 ? 00:00:00 events/0 4 ? 00:00:17 kacpid 5 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0 6 ? 00:00:00 khelper 7 ? 00:00:09 pdflush 8 ? 00:00:00 pdflush 10 ? 00:00:00 aio/0 9 ? 00:00:02 kswapd0 677 ? 00:00:00 kseriod 862 ? 00:00:00 reiserfs/0 1606 ? 00:00:00 khubd 1852 ? 00:00:00 dhcpcd 2005 ? 00:00:00 syslogd 2011 ? 00:00:00 klogd 2099 ? 00:00:10 resmgrd 2122 ? 00:00:00 portmap 2316 ? 00:00:00 sshd 2579 ? 00:00:00 hwscand 2666 ? 00:00:56 powersaved 2806 ? 00:00:01 cupsd 2807 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2808 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2809 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2810 ? 00:00:00 nfsd 2811 ? 00:00:00 lockd 2812 ? 00:00:00 rpciod 2823 ? 00:00:00 rpc.mountd 3000 ? 00:00:00 master 3009 ? 00:00:00 qmgr 3170 ? 00:00:03 nscd 3178 ? 00:00:00 cron 3182 ? 00:00:00 smbd 3203 ? 00:00:00 smbd 3350 ? 00:00:00 kdm 3371 ? 00:09:01 X 3372 ? 00:00:00 kdm 3374 tty1 00:00:00 mingetty 3375 tty2 00:00:00 mingetty 3376 tty3 00:00:00 mingetty 3377 tty4 00:00:00 mingetty 3378 tty5 00:00:00 mingetty 3379 tty6 00:00:00 mingetty 3625 ? 00:00:00 kde 3686 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 3690 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 3692 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 3695 ? 00:00:39 kdeinit 3705 ? 00:00:00 artsd 3707 ? 00:00:01 kdeinit 3708 ? 00:00:00 kwrapper 3710 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 3711 ? 00:00:04 kdeinit 3713 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 3716 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 3717 ? 00:00:11 kdeinit 3719 ? 00:00:15 kdeinit 3720 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 3724 ? 00:00:17 kdeinit 3726 ? 00:00:12 kpowersave 3727 ? 00:00:01 kamix 3732 ? 00:00:01 susewatcher 3733 ? 00:00:18 suseplugger 3736 ? 00:00:24 kdeinit 3738 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 3744 ? 00:00:02 kdeinit 3745 pts/1 00:00:00 bash 4295 pts/1 00:00:02 kate 4308 ? 00:00:01 kdeinit 4309 pts/2 00:00:00 bash 4337 ? 00:00:00 kdesud 4751 ? 1-10:12:55 X 4752 ? 00:00:00 kdm 4796 ? 00:00:00 startkde 4833 ? 00:00:00 gpg-agent 4857 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 4860 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 4862 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 4865 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 4873 ? 00:00:00 artsd 4875 ? 00:00:01 kdeinit 4876 ? 00:00:00 kwrapper 4878 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 4879 ? 00:01:30 kdeinit 4881 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 4884 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 4885 ? 00:00:04 kdeinit 4888 ? 00:00:18 kdeinit 4892 ? 00:00:04 kdeinit 4894 ? 00:00:01 kamix 4899 ? 00:00:09 kpowersave 4900 ? 00:00:01 susewatcher 4901 ? 00:00:17 suseplugger 4904 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 4906 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 4907 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 4914 ? 00:00:05 kdeinit 4954 ? 00:00:02 kdesktop_lock 4955 ? 00:00:00 krandom.kss 5079 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 5641 ? 00:00:04 kdeinit 5642 pts/4 00:00:00 bash 5834 ? 00:00:00 httpd2 5835 ? 00:00:01 httpd2 5836 ? 00:00:10 httpd2 5837 ? 00:00:34 httpd2 5838 ? 00:00:00 httpd2 5839 ? 00:00:00 httpd2 5933 ? 00:00:01 httpd2 7051 ? 00:00:00 httpd2 11209 ? 00:00:00 smbd 11502 ? 00:00:00 smbd 11503 ? 00:00:00 pickup 13306 pts/4 00:00:00 ps