diff -Nur -X/mnt/data/freeciv-dev/freeciv/diff_ignore freeciv/server/srv_main.c codeciv/server/srv_main.c
--- freeciv/server/srv_main.c	Thu Jul 26 18:26:46 2001
+++ codeciv/server/srv_main.c	Thu Jul 26 18:53:38 2001
@@ -633,8 +633,15 @@
       && type != PACKET_CHAT_MSG
       && type != PACKET_CONN_PONG
       && type != PACKET_REPORT_REQUEST) {
-    freelog(LOG_ERROR, _("got a packet of type %d "
-			 "outside RUN_GAME_STATE"), type);
+    if (server_state == GAME_OVER_STATE) {
+      /* This can happen by accident, so we don't want to print
+	 out lots of error messages. Ie, we use LOG_DEBUG. */
+      freelog(LOG_DEBUG, "got a packet of type %d "
+			  "in GAME_OVER_STATE", type);
+    } else {
+      freelog(LOG_ERROR, "got a packet of type %d "
+	                 "outside RUN_GAME_STATE", type);
+    }
     free(packet);
     return;
   }