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Firebird on Linux leads to Crash #2361

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When configuring a Firebird from HeidiSQL on Linux, Library Dropdown gets empty and unselectable:

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HeidiSQL version

12.14.1.1

Database server version

Firebird 5

Reproduction recipe

When I try to connect, I get this error:

Exception class: Exception
Message: Unhandled connection type (14)

Callstack:
  $00000000005A3F93
  $00000000004E18B2
  $00000000008149D3
  $00000000008154C5
  $000000000081483E
  $00000000004375FA
  $00000000007B981D
  $00000000008F7BD0
  $00000000008F9

Even setting /usr/lib/libfbclient.so path on settings.json does not help. How to support it?

Error/Backtrace

# Distro Details:

Distro base: CachyOS/Arch Linux
Package libfbclient:


❯ LANG=C paru -Qi libfbclient
Installed From  : cachyos-extra-v4
Name            : libfbclient
Version         : 5.0.3-1.1
Description     : Client library for Firebird
Architecture    : x86_64_v4
URL             : https://www.firebirdsql.org
Licenses        : MPL-1.1  Interbase-1.0
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : gcc-libs  libtommath
Optional Deps   : None
Required By     : None
Optional For    : qt5-base  qt6-base
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 5,34 MiB
Packager        : CachyOS <admin@cachyos.org>
Build Date      : sex 15 ago 2025 11:55:21
Install Date    : sex 15 ago 2025 23:05:34
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature


Library paths:


❯ paru -Ql libfbclient | grep libfbclient.so
libfbclient /usr/lib/libfbclient.so
libfbclient /usr/lib/libfbclient.so.2
libfbclient /usr/lib/libfbclient.so.5.0.3

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