--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> wrote:

>
> At 12:48 PM 13/08/2007, you wrote:
> >--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@> wrote:
> > >
> > > At 11:28 AM 13/08/2007, you wrote:
> > > >Hey Forum :)
> > > >Now I'm hoping you can help me here, I have installed firebird

from the

> > > >RPM package, and am having some trouble getting it going.
> > > >
> > > >In the documentation it states that it should be running just

after the

> > > >RPM install has finnished. But from what I can see, its not. And I
> >can't
> > > >connect to it.
> > >
> > > Did you install the Classic or Superserver package?
> > > What did you try to "connect to it", what did you use, and what were
> > > your expectations? You connect to a database....
> > >
> > > ./heLen
> > >
> >
> >Hi,
> >Thanks for the reply,
> >I installed "FirebirdCS-2.0.1.12855-0.i686.rpm" so I presume clasic
> >server.
>
> Yes.
>
> >I am trying to connect AVG Server to it. I get connection refused.
>
> You're still not telling me anything. What is AVG Server? What you
> need is a client application to connect to a database through the

server.

>
> >How can i check if it is even running?
>
> With Classic, an instance of the server is created when you make a
> successful request to connect to a database. That means, of course,
> that you need to have a database. Thus, there is nothing to check
> until there is actually a server instance running.
>
> So - to proceed - tell us the name of the database file and where it
> is located (its file path on the host machine and whether it is on
> the same host machine as the client application).
>
> ./heLen
>

Yes, the data file is on the same machine as the client application
(Avg Antivirus Network Server) and is located at
/opt/grisoft/avgtcpsrv/var/datacenter/avgdb.fdb

Thanks