[Freeciv] Re: Trouble Staring CIV

[Peter Barker <pbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 11 May 2001, Kevin Stokes wrote:

> Thanks for your assistance.  I found the README.gz file in
> /usr/share/doc/freeciv and got my server started.  I created a human player
> and two AI players, and I managed to connect after I figured out the
> username had to match.

You should not need to "create" and human player; just connect the client.

>   However, the client just sits there on my GNOME desktop with the big
> artwork picture of the world and the title.  All the menu options are greyed

Did you type "start" at the server prompt?

> -Kevin Stokes

Yours,
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