[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#8667) Metaserver on Windows XP

["Karl Fishman" <cdf30@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=8667 >

><URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=8667 >
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>Karl Fishman wrote:
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> > <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=8667 >
> >
> > I was trying to play a game over the internet starting the metaserver on 
>my
> > computer. I started the server with -m and it connected to the 
>metaserver.
> > However when I tried to connect to it the Win32 client gave a "no such 
>file
> > or directory" error and the GTK-2 client gave a different error message.
> > Both server and client were running on Windows XP.
> >
> > I then tried it on Windows 98 and it worked fine. The problem appears to 
>be
> > with the server as I could not connect a 98 client to an XP server.
> >
>
>   Can you connect with 98 client to XP server if server is not connected
>to metaserver?
Yes.

>Which versions and where from are you using?
1.14.1 on both, win32 client, from www.freeciv.org/download.
>
>   I have sometimes got "no such file or directory" error when I have
>tried to connect with XP client to server, which probably was not
>currently running (ie I tried to connect to port where was no server
>listening)
If I try to connect to a port where there is no server running (on XP), I 
get a different error ("Bad file descriptor").
>
>
>   - Caz
>
>
>

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