This is a re-post from the support group. The problem popped up while
attempting to get kinterbasdb to work. It's probably not a python
issue, but it can't hurt, right?


Hi, I'm having trouble connecting to Firebird using 'localhost' syntax.

From isql, "connect /opt/firebird/examples/employee.fdb;" works, but
"connect localhost:/opt/firebird/examples/employee.fdb;" does not.
The error message is "Statement failed, SQLCODE = -902. Unable to
complete network request to host "localhost". -Failed to establish a
connection. -Connection refused."

This is a new installation of Firebird 1.5.2.4731-0.amd64 Classic
Server and 64-bit Suse 9.1 linux on an Athlon 64. The firewall is
turned off. There is an entry in hosts.equiv for
"localhost.localdomain", and in hosts for "127.0.0.1 locahost'. "ssh
localhost" works, as does "ping localhost", so it looks like this is
an FB problem. I'm not very experienced with linux, though, so I may
be wrong.

Any help or ideas will be greatly appreciated,

Steve