Re: [Freeciv] Cannot start the freeciv server

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James L S Neave wrote:
> 
> I recently downloaded freeciv-1.7.2 and xpm3.4.
> I succesfully ran ./configure and make.
> Due to the fact that I am a user on a large university system xpm resides 
> in my user directory and I told ./configure where this was.
> This also meant that make install will not run, and it does not appear to 
> have the --prompt switch.

If you want to change the install dir, you should configure
with  ./configure --prefix=DIR
where DIR is a directory, and it will install executables
in DIR/bin and data in DIR/share/freeciv

> the script 'ser' returns the error 
> 
> % ser
> ld.so.1: ./server/civserver: fatal: /vol/PACK/GNU/lib/: mmap failed: No 
> such device
> Killed

Doesn't look nice.  Maybe a problem with your compiler setup or
something.  Are you able to run other programs you compile yourself?

Eg: hello.c: 
---
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) { printf("hi\n"); return 0; }
---
% gcc hello.c -o hello
% ./hello

> Also, running Freeciv returns
> 
> % Freeciv
> Freeciv: Permission denied.

If you mean the client, you are supposed to run 'civ', not 'Freeciv'.

Regards,
-- David