Milan,

> You were missing xinetd. It's so obvious to any experienced Linux

user,

> that we didn't even think about it.
>
> If you take clean Ubuntu box, install and start xinetd, and then
> install
> Firebird, everything will work just fine.

So, the test case is:

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Set up Ubuntu 6.06. Install xinet. Reboot. Install Firebird 1.5.3
Classic Server by using the .tar.gz package from the firebirdsql.org
homepage. - Test:

> sudo /opt/firebird/bin/isql
> connect localhost:/opt/firebird/examples/employee.fdb

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That will fail with the error message, "Connection refused".
Else it will not fail...

My tests say, it will fail, at any rate.
(In contrast, the 2.0 setup will be OK.)

Thanks and regards
Robert

P.S.: Alternatively, set up any other Linux distribution. Continue with
installing xinet. Etc...

P.P.S.:

> You were missing xinetd. It's so obvious to any experienced Linux

user,

> that we didn't even think about it.

I'm aware you're in a very prominent role - but that really sounds bold
and wrong - as:
1) the installer should not disregard major system dependencies the
program is depending on, and
2) especially, installing xinetd won't help at all.

Thanks again, and I'm feeling sorry for your need and resistance for
clarification.

I'm sorry.

On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 17:16 +0200, Milan Babuskov wrote:
> that.SelectedDude wrote:
> > BTW, I was just installing Firebird 2.0 RC3 Super Server NPTL. And
> > that's what setup outputs:
> >
> >> Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/firebird ...
> >> /etc/rc0.d/K20firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
> >> /etc/rc1.d/K20firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
> >> /etc/rc6.d/K20firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
> >> /etc/rc2.d/S14firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
> >> /etc/rc3.d/S14firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
> >> /etc/rc5.d/S14firebird -> ../init.d/firebird
> >>Starting Firebird server: server has been successfully started
> >
> > These are those missing files in question, those missing links!
>
> No.
>
> Those are init.d scripts that start and stop Firebird Super Server at
> various runlevels. They have got nothing to do with Classic as it
> doesn't use it (it is started via inetd).
>
> Please don't confuse INIT and INETD, for those are two completely
> different things.
>
> > While I'm a Linux (and Firebird) newbie, I strongly believe that
> those
> > files should have been installed by the 1.5.3 setup, too (both by
> the
> > native installer from the .tar.gz package and by Ubuntu's .deb
> > packages).
>
> Not with Classic.
>
> > I'm really wondering how anyone was able to install 1.5.3 under
> Linux...
> > (and I'm adding another three dots...)
>
> You were missing xinetd. It's so obvious to any experienced Linux
> user,
> that we didn't even think about it.
>
> If you take clean Ubuntu box, install and start xinetd, and then
> install
> Firebird, everything will work just fine.
>
> Only thing I'd add to .deb installation package is to warn user that
> xinetd isn't installed/started (or maybe it does warn and you didn't
> notice?)
>
> --
> Milan Babuskov
> http://swoes.blogspot.com/
> http://www.flamerobin.org
>
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