Cannot start freeciv server

[dgriffin]

Hi!
I am fairly new to Linux and am trying out some of the programs that come with the RedHat8.2 version. I thought I would try running freeciv but cannot get the server to start. When I click on the menu item in menubar nothing appears to happen. WHen I try running /usr/bin/civserver-wrapper from a terminal window I get the following message:
chown: changing ownership of /tmp/xauthr3yXba: Operation not permitted. Standard in must be a tty.
I read somewhere that chown can only be run from root so I changed to the root account and tried. This time I got:
This account is currently not available.

Can anyone help me with this problem?

Thanks

David

[Per]

That sounds very fishy. Freeciv does not create or use any temporary files, and it also does not have that error message you referred to. Try opening civserver-wrapper in an editor and see what it does.

[geeslaka]

My advice is to start the civserver directly from a terminal with this command "civserver". Also try "civserver -v". If it's not 1.14.0 you might have problems playing against other people over the net. Looking at the file list for the rpm shows that this is a RedHat problem, report it to them.
The problem is this. Civserver-wrapper is either a shell-script or an executable. Either way it must start a terminal to give to the civserver. The error indicates that it is having trouble starting the terminal. Report the bug to RedHat as it is specific to them.