[Freeciv] Re: Windows freeciv is slow

[Ian McCulloch <ipm105@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Nathan Gundlach wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andreas Kemnade" <akemnade@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Nicolas Brunel" <brunel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Thue" <thue@xxxxxxx>; "Nathan Gundlach" <dagchess@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 7:57 AM
> Subject: [Freeciv] Re: Windows freeciv is slow
> 
> 
> > Nicolas Brunel writes:
> >  > > somebody reported a memory leak in freeciv under windows. Perhaps it
> is
> >  > > slow because it is running you of RAM?
> >  > >
> >  > > -Thue
> >  >
> >  > It can be part of problem. Gtk is very slow under windows especially to
> >  > do the refresh. It's an old problem. But, the memory leak can be also
> an
> >  > old problem related to Gtk or Freeciv.
> >  >
> >  > - Nicolas
> >  >
> > I have tested my code also on Linux and there was *no* memory leak!
> > So the bug should be in gtk.
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Andreas Kemnade
> 
> So, can I fix it? And I also have linux. When I try to connect to civserver
> (on localhost) it tells me "server unreachable." I'd rather use the linux
> version.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- Nathan

do you have a line 

127.0.0.1    localhost.localdomain   localhost

in the file /etc/hosts ?  If not, add it and see if that fixes it.  I
don't know much about this, so I might be completely off track here, but
you should have localhost in /etc/hosts anyway.

Cheers,
Ian McCulloch