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From: msw@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Mark Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Problems getting multi-player xtrek for X.V11.R2 working
Keywords: xtrek, multi-player
Message-ID: <1309@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 89 17:32:10 GMT
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I'm having some problems with xtrek: (if this has been covered before apologies
and could some kind soul email me the solutions %).

Machine: NFS Suns 3/50 3/60 3/75 running from 3/180 and Sun4.  All running
	 Sun4.0 OS

Game:	xtrek v1.2

Problems:

	1)  I don't have access to the root passwd so I'm unable to put the
	following lines into the required /etc files:
	xtrek    stream  tcp     wait    games  /usr/games/lib/xtrek/in.xtrekd in.xtrekd    
		---> inetd.conf
	xtrek          5701/tcp         xtrek           # take a guess
		---> services

	What I had to do was change main.c so that it always grabs port 5701
		i.e.:  xtrekAddress.sin_port = 5701

	Is this the right solution to run the daemon without using the /etc
	stuff?


	2) The game runs fine if you play it by yourself but no-one else can
	enter the same game from another machine.  When someone else types
	xtrek <firedup machine name> it either throws up the xtrek on the
	<firedup machine name>'s machine or complains that it can't access the
	display (Problems with display <otherplayer's machine name>).  I've
	traced the problem to the line:
	    if ((p->display = XOpenDisplay(p->p_monitor)) == NULL) {
	in newwin. I didn't compile X with -g so I can't debug any further than
	this (I want to avoid re-compiling with -g as it *only* takes 8 hours).

	What do I have to do to get more than one player in the same system?



All help much appreciated.

		Thanks in advance,

			Mark Williams

In reality:  msw@cpsc.UCalgary.CA  or ...!{uunet!ubc-cs, utai}!calgary!msw