No it is not listening. I saw another message that suggested telnet
127.0.0.1 3050 and it was refused.

So what do I have to do to get it listening :-) ?

I did check the firebird file and it is in the /etc/xinetd.d directory
and disable = no.

iptables -Ln returns nothing. I don't have the firewall turned on the
guest, only the host and it is turned off at the moment.

Thanks for the help all!

Steve Wiser wrote:

> 1) netstat -an | grep 3050 --> Is firebird listening?
> 2) iptables -Ln --> Do you have any firewall rules or policies that
> are blocking traffic?
> 3) telnet <your ip> 3050 --> Can you connect remotely?
> 4) isql --> try connecting locally to a db to make sure all libraries
> are present...
>
> not sure what else, but that is what i would do as a start to test
> connectivity. btw, vmware server is now free and a lot easier to
> install and configure then xen. that is what we use for our test
> environment.
>
> -steve
>
>