--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Christian Sawatzki <Sawatzki@...> wrote:

>
> Hello all together,
> I am new in the field as well as on ubuntu/linux as on the field
> databases. My problem is following: I installed ubuntu as new OS on my
> notebook instead of MS Vista. Afterwards I tried to install Firebird 2.1
> Super und Flamerobin on the PC. The installation via Symantec worked
> fine. But when I try to get connection to an existing database via
> Flamerobin (as root) I am getting the errormessage that a Connection
> could not be established.
>
> When I looked up the running processes, I found no FB process at all.
> Can you give me some hints how to install it right? Thank you all in
> advance.
>
> Christian

you need to enable the Firebird super server from the terminal


sudo dpkg-reconfigure firebird2.1-super


this is the updated guide , i will put in doc boo too
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Firebird2.1