[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Valutas patch + HELP !

[paulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2000 at 06:11:05PM +0100, Alexandre BERAUD wrote:
> >Well I do have a few references to Mithril in regards to the Dúnedain
> >(Númenoreans).
> 
> (skip)
> 
> >Also the Gwaith-i-Mírdan were also skilled in the working of mithril.
> 
> Ok, but Dunedains are no more Numenoreans, and during the Third Age, the
> 
> only mithril mine is the Moria.
> However, after thinking of it, I agree mithril would be a funny money,
> but Dunedain is not the adequate name. Numenoreans is more appropriate.

Dúnedain simply means "Man of the west".  This name was given to the
decendants of the Númenmorians, but could also be used to reference the
Númenorians themselves.  This applicaton of a name is consistent with
other naming conventions we use in Freeciv.

> 
> >Yes I remember :)  I think I would start by checking out your network
> >setup.  Is loopback (i.e. 127.0.0.1) set up?  Is localhost in /etc/
> hosts
> >as 127.0.0.1?
> 
> Yes, this is the first thing I lokked at. But some programs lack, like
> telnet. Maybe something is missing. I shall make some tests with
> /etc/hosts when I'm back at home. Thanx.

I hope it works out.

-- 
Paul Zastoupil