I had the same problem.
Try to allow the inet_connection service (gds_db) in /etc/hosts.allow
the syntax is:
in.gds_db: ip_of_interface # the same defined in /etc/hosts for
instance 192.168.1.1 the ip of the Network Card you want to use to
connect to DB
By
Fabrizio

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Alex" <_a_x_e_@y...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> can somebody confirm this:
>
> I am running FB 1.5 RC3 SS on a Debian-Linux Server together with an
> Apache webserver, PHP and Perl-CGIs (using DBI). After
approximately 2
> or 3 days Firebird freezes and does not accept connections anymore.
> Before it freezes "pf" shows me:
>
> /usr/local/firebird/bin/fbguard -f
> /usr/local/firebird/bin/fbserver
> /usr/local/firebird/bin/fbserver
> /usr/local/firebird/bin/fbserver
> /usr/local/firebird/bin/fbserver
> /usr/local/firebird/bin/fbserver
> /usr/local/firebird/bin/fbserver
> /usr/local/firebird/bin/fbserver
> /usr/local/firebird/bin/fbserver
> /usr/local/firebird/bin/fbserver
>
> after freezing the number of threads has DOUBLED!
> there are no errors in firebird.log which indicate problems or the
> freeze.
> the only way to solve the freeze is to restart firebird.
>
> I am not able to specifically reproduce this problem it appears
> unregularly.
>
> Is it possible that some windows client application which still use
> the client-dll (gds32.dll) of firebird 1.0.2 cause this problem
when
> connecting to Firebird 1.5 RC3 ???
>
> Thanks for help!
>
> alex