--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "certfb" wrote: ... > Sorry I should have said that I am using CS 2.5.2 on Ubuntu 12.10.
It is still not clear which process handle database connection - your application's embedded attachment or worker process of Firebird CS. > I have set up fbtracemgr to use fbemded by setting the following environment > variables: > > export FIREBIRD=/home/myhome/experiments/firebird > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/myhome/experiments/firebird If you already have properly installed and worked CS you should not change environment variables. > I have tried putting libfbtrace.so in $FIREBIRD, $FIREBIRD/plugins and even > tried /opt/firebird/plugins > > but fbtracemgr cannot find the plugin, "Can not start trace session. There > are no trace plugins loaded" Don't change environment, make sure your account is a member of a "firebird" group and all should work without additional steps. Regards, Vlad PS The guide you are referring to is *very* outdated and describes FB 1.5.