Hi,

> And third: at the moment I can't get Firebird 2.0 SuperServer to
> start at all on Ubuntu 7.10. In this case it says "Ok", but doesn't
> run and the log file only contains "INET/inet_error: connect errno =
> 111" - no starting message afterwards.

True, the Firebird package for Ubuntu is broken too. It expects that
/var/run/firebird/2.0/ exists and is writable by user firebird. But /var/run
is a tmpfs under Ubuntu and so /var/run/firebird/ is lost after a reboot. You
could fix that Ubuntu-specific problem by adding the following to
/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh:
--- snip ---
#create /var/run/firebird/2.0
mkdir /var/run/firebird
mkdir /var/run/firebird/2.0
chown firebird:firebird /var/run/firebird/2.0
--- snip ---

Firebird seems to not easily fit into the FHS scheme, i think that's why you'll
have fewer problems if you use the official versions that install into /opt.

regards,
Michael