Also run 'netstat -an' to make sure you see port 3050 listening. If you don't then make sure you have xinetd running.
-steve On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Mark Rotteveel [email protected] [firebird-support] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 25 Feb 2016 08:15:12 -0800, "[email protected] [firebird-support]" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello guys, > > > > could you be so kind and help me to diagnose problem with connecting to > > Firebird on Ubuntu? I do not have experience with linux (haven't touched > it > > for years). Today I've installed Ubuntu on VM and installed Firebird > > classic using instructions from here: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firebird2.5 > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firebird2.5 > > > > Unfortunately, I am getting such error: Statement failed, SQLSTATE = > > 08006 Unable to complete network request to host "localhost". This > error > > shows when I issue this command: > > > > $ isql-fb > > SQL> connect "localhost:/var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/employee.fdb " user > > 'SYSDBA' password 'masterkey'; > > > > However, when I issue the comand without "localhost:", such us: > > > > $ isql-fb > > SQL> connect "/var/lib/firebird/2.5/data/employee.fdb " user 'SYSDBA' > > password 'masterkey'; I can connect to Firebird, so that means that > > something is wrong with my TCP/IP? How can I correct this? > > Does it work when you use 127.0.0.1 instead? > > Mark > >
