[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Improved game starting (version 8)

[Christian Knoke <ChrisK@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:12:17PM -0500, Daniel L Speyer wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Christian Knoke wrote:
> 
> > This patch (which applied cleanly to current CVS) still hangs
> > on each load of a saved game, at the point when I chose a player
> > name. The button looks "pressed" and the GUI freezes.
> > 
> > I'm very uncommon with the use of gdb, but it seems to show me
> > that the program hangs in line 597 of connectdlg.c:
> > 
> > 595       write(stdin_pipe[1],"cmdlevel hack first\n",14);
> > 596       c=0;
> > 597       while(!read(stdout_pipe[0],&c,1) || c!='>'); /*Wait for responce 
> > from the server*/
> > 
> 
> Hmm, I still have no problem, even with the game you supplied.
> 
> Try replacing line 597 with 
> while(!read(stdout_pipe[0],&c,1) || c!='>') fprintf(stderr,"<%c>",c);
> and see what gets output.

The output is:
!@#$%^<c><m><d><l><e><v><e><l>< ><h><a><c><k>< >

> 
> Have you done anything unusual with your server interface?  

No.

> Are you using readline?  

Yes. v.4.2


> Are you using localization?

Yes.
The problem keeps present when I start with 'LANG= civclient -t trident'.

> 
> This is the sort of place that caused lots of trouble in setting up, but
> I'd thought I finnally had it.

When I wrote CivGo, I have had a lot of trouble with the pipes, too.

> 
> --Daniel Speyer
> "May the /src be with you, always"

Christian

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