Hi, I have a fresh install with: OS: Debian 10 Freeswitch: 1.10.1-release-12-f9990221e6~64bit MariaDB: 10.3 (Debian-Package) I compiled MariaDB ODBC-Connector (3.1.4) via: cd /usr/src git clone https://github.com/MariaDB/mariadb-connector-odbc.git cd mariadb-connector-odbc cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCONC_WITH_UNIT_TESTS=Off -DCONC_WITH_MSI=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local . cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo install libmaodbc.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/ My /etc/odbcinst.ini : [MariaDB] Description=MariaDB Connector/ODBC v.3.1.4 compiled from source Driver=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libmaodbc.so Setup=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libmaodbc.so UsageCount = 1 FileUsage = 1 Threading = 0 My /etc/odbc.ini : [freeswitch] Driver = MariaDB SERVER = 127.0.0.1 PORT = 3306 DATABASE = freeswitch OPTION = 67108864 Socket = /run/mysqld/mysqld.sock threading = 0 MaxLongVarcharSize = 65536 Works fine with: isql -v freeswitch user password My /etc/freeswitch/autoload_configs/switch.conf.xml : [...] <param name="core-db-dsn" value="odbc://freeswitch:user:password" /> [...] When starting freeswitch I get the following feedback: Oct 16 23:29:39 test systemd[1]: Starting freeswitch... Oct 16 23:29:39 test freeswitch[1855]: 1856 Backgrounding. Oct 16 23:30:24 test systemd[1]: freeswitch.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Waiting for background process pid:1856 to be ready..... Oct 16 23:30:24 test freeswitch[1855]: FreeSWITCH[1855] Error starting system! pid:1856 Oct 16 23:30:24 test systemd[1]: freeswitch.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Oct 16 23:30:24 test systemd[1]: freeswitch.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. Oct 16 23:30:24 test systemd[1]: Failed to start freeswitch. Oct 16 23:30:25 test systemd[1]: freeswitch.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart. Oct 16 23:30:25 test systemd[1]: freeswitch.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2. When going back to sqlite (<param name="core-db-dsn" value="$${dsn}" />) everything works fine again. What do I miss here? Best regards, Thorsten