[Freeciv-Dev] Re: hangs on metaserver update (PR#604)

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On Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 10:37:58AM -0800, jtnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Note:  I'm behind a proxy server run by my ISP in the United Arab Emirates.
> 
> 1.  I start civclient.  
> 2.  In the connection window, I click on Metaserver, and then Update.

This tries to establish a connection to a page on the Freeciv website.
Did you set the proxy address and port number using $http_proxy
before starting the client, as indicated in the README?  See

  http://www.freeciv.org/lxr/source/README#L236

> 3.  The civclient seems to hang; i.e., freezes up, accepts no input, and 
>     doesn't refresh windows.  
> 4.  It remains in this state indefinitely & I finally have to kill it.

Strange - the connection attempt should time out eventually.

> Note:  It did actually work one day, allowing me to join & play a game, 
> but it doesn't normally.  

Very strange.
 
> Also note:  I can connect to civserver on localhost without any problems.

I don't know what level of access your proxy is offering - the metaserver
is a regular webserver, but civservers usually run on high ports (default
5555) that may be blocked by a firewall.  But you'd have to ask your ISP
administrators or policy maintainers.

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