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The system could not find the environment option that was entered Error

Asked by: Karail

Hi,

I am trying to install Firebird 1.5.2 onto one of the users machines in our office and although the install appears to go perfectly whenever i try to connect to the database i get the error message "Unable to complete network request to host "localhost". The system could not find the environment option that was entered.". If i check the firebird log it contains:

RICHARDF05 (Client)      Tue Sep 20 13:52:02 2005
      Guardian starting: C:\Program Files\OPTIMUS\Firebird_1_5\bin\fbserver.exe


RICHARDF05      Tue Sep 20 13:52:27 2005
      INET/inet_error: select in packet_receive errno = 10038

RICHARDF05 (Client)      Tue Sep 20 13:52:27 2005
      INET/inet_error: read errno = 10054

RICHARDF05 (Client)      Tue Sep 20 13:52:27 2005
      INET/inet_error: receive in try_connect errno = 203

RICHARDF05      Tue Sep 20 13:52:29 2005
      INET/inet_error: select in packet_receive errno = 10038

RICHARDF05 (Client)      Tue Sep 20 13:52:29 2005
      INET/inet_error: read errno = 10054

RICHARDF05 (Client)      Tue Sep 20 13:52:29 2005
      INET/inet_error: receive in try_connect errno = 203

I work in the support department for my company and as we install firebird with our software i have dealt with about every firebird error there is, however i just cannot seem to find the solution to this one and it doesnt look like this is a very common error.

Things i have tried so far:

1. checked the service is running
2. checked that the 3050/tcp line is in the %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\services file.
3. checked the localhost is working (by pinging it) and checked to make sure the %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file is valid
4. checked the enviroment options on a machine with a working verison of 1.5.2 and the computer in question to make sure there were no variables missing.
5. checked the firebird registry settings for both server and guardian service to make sure they match the working machines.
6. replaced the *.conf files with those of a working machines

I am really out of ideas now, does any know what causes this error or have any other steps i can try to try and debug the error further?

Many Thanks
Karail

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Answers

 

by: NickUpsonPosted on 2005-09-20 at 06:21:17ID: 14919794

what platform?

you say "whenever i try to connect ..." - what program/method are you using to connect? have you tried command-line isql?

 

by: KarailPosted on 2005-09-20 at 07:16:54ID: 14920335

the platform is Windows XP SP2, we are using a program that is developed in delphi to connect but trying to connect via ISQL generates the same error.

 

by: NickUpsonPosted on 2005-09-20 at 08:31:28ID: 14921013

The message numbers translate as:

WSAENOTSOCK                    10038
WSAECONNRESET                  10054

please check the firewall on this machine, if possible switch it off/uninstall it to make sure it is not causing the problem.

 

by: KarailPosted on 2005-09-20 at 08:48:05ID: 14921149

Windows Firewall is turned off on the Machine and no other firewall software is installed.

 

by: KarailPosted on 2005-09-20 at 09:08:29ID: 14921325

after looking further into the error codes i came across a program called "WinSock Fix", ran this on the users computer and everything works again

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