Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uc!cs.umn.edu!svedberg From: svedberg@cs.umn.edu (Eric J. Svedberg) Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs Subject: Re: How do I set up the GB server? Message-ID: <1990Aug22.183421.9710@cs.umn.edu> Date: 22 Aug 90 18:34:21 GMT References: <19915@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept. Lines: 18 daye@jacobs.cs.orst.edu (Garion) writes: >Well, last night I finally fixed all the log1p problems and compiled everything. >Somewhere in one of the readme's it says to invoke the server with >GB_server . I do so. It says 'Galactic bloodshed x2.1.1..blah blah'. >It then says 'blah blah' is the update password. Then it just sits there. If >I ^C out of it, I can't use the client to call in. So what am I doing wrong? >Do I need to define the host too? >After I set up the server, do I need to invoke the daemon also? You need to put the server in the background. Just add an '&' at the end of your GB_server line. Or you could do a Control-Z instead of a Control-C and then type 'bg' at the prompt. This will put the server in the background just as if you typed an '&' at the end of the invoking line. eric -- Eric J. Svedberg - University of Minnesota Computer Science System Staff svedberg@cs.umn.edu - !rutgers!umn-cs!svedberg