I'm having the exact same problem and it looks like I did the same things you did... new perl, removed it, reinstalled old perl from the link here, same errors. I'll keep you posted if I find anything new. If anyone else has any more ideas, please help!

Try a longer server name and without the apostrophe.

I think the short name has to be lowercase and letters only (no numbers, special characters or spaces). The short name setting in the config is what sets the profile settings for characters when they log into your server. The server short name gets saved with the character name to an INI file (actually 2 files per char) that holds all of the UI information. So, if you ever change your short name, all characters on your server will have to set their UI up again unless they just rename the files to the new short name.

You can change the long name to anything you want as far as I know. As long as it is unique, it should work. The long name doesn't effect players in any way. It is what is displayed on the server select list. If you change it, the only thing users will have to do is pick the new name and connect.

Same error from log
 

I have the same problem...

Starting log: logs/eqemu_debug_zone_2004.log
[ZONE__INIT] Loading server configuration..
[ZONE__INIT_ERR] Loading server configuration failed.

Any advice...?

Post your configuration file and don't forget to remove your passwords!

Probably something simple...
 

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<shortname>centauri</shorname>
<longname>centauri Semi-Legit</longname>

<!-- Loginserver information. -->
<loginserver>
<host>eqemulator.net</host>
<port>5998</port>
<account></account>
<password>xxxxxxxxxxxx</password>
</loginserver>

<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
<key>Random long string</key>

<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service. -->
<http port="9080" enabled="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
</world>

<!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini. -->
<database>
<host>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password></password
<db>peq</db>
</database>
</server>

If its not overly obvious I am completely new at this stuff. Thank you for the help.

Dang.
 

How do I delete posts that I have placed here?

In red below, I marked the password section you filled out with Xs. You don't want to have anything at all in that part. Remove all of those Xs (or any password you might have there).


Should look like this:

Cleared the X's
 

I cleared all of the X's and I still receive the same message.

This is what it looks like now.

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<shortname>centauri</shorname>
<longname>centauri Semi-Legit</longname>

<!-- Loginserver information. -->
<loginserver>
<host>eqemulator.net</host>
<port>5998</port>
<account></account>
<password></password>
</loginserver>

<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
<key>Random long string</key>

<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service. -->
<http port="9080" enabled="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
</world>

<!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini. -->
<database>
<host>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>"Removed for posting"</password
<db>peq</db>
</database>
</server>

[QUOTE=njh2004;149046]I cleared all of the X's and I still receive the same message.

<password>"Removed for posting"</password>


Just wanted to let you know that I saw this line and it is fixed already...

Fixed my config file
 

I went ahead and copied the config file directly from the site as opposed to typing it up myself. Once this was done then I encountered no problems loading up the server. Thank you for all of your help. Now to find any other problems! :D