Two fold login issue

[nrokchi]

Okay, after a long time of forum diving and playing around with with given wiki settings and trying other builds, I still have not been able to resolve a couple of issues.

Firstly, when I attempt to log into the eqemu login server, it accepts the username/password, moves me forward to the news screen and crashes. The news screen is currently displaying (for me) information about Halloween 2005.

Second, when trying to run minilogin, the client login page hangs on "Connecting to Login Server, please wait..." it fails to go any further. There is no indication that I have lost connection, nor is there an error being spit out.

Client side, I have unpatched EQ Titanium fresh out of the box installed. My counterpart and I followed the wiki install of that section to a T, both for running your own server and connecting to the eqemu server.

[LoginServer]
Host=eqemulator.net:5998

and...

[LoginServer]
Host=192.168.0.2:5999

Looking at the server now: the server is running on a Linux build; Red Hat 9. It has MySQL 4.1 installed. All files, as indicated by the wiki, were downloaded, moved, and extracted. Using wine to run minilogin from the linux box, but we did try it on the windows box with the same result.

Here's the LoginServer.ini file info:

[LoginServer]
loginserver=127.0.0.1
loginport=5999
worldname=My Minilogin
worldaddress=127.0.0.1
locked=false
account=
password=

[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=

[ChatChannelServer]
worldshortname=
chataddress=
chatport=

[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=Minilogin
ServerPort=5999
~
~

... and the eqemu_config.xlm

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
        <world>
                <shortname>minilogin</shortname>
                <longname>My Minilogin</longname>

                <!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
                <address>192.168.0.2</address>
                <localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>

                <!-- Loginserver information.  -->
                <loginserver>
                        <host>127.0.0.1</host>
                        <port>5999</port>
                        <account></account>
                        <password></password>
                </loginserver>

                <unlocked />
                <!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
                <key>death to all who support the swarm</key>

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

        <zones>
                <defaultstatus>20</defaultstatus>
                <ports low="7000" high="7100" />
        </zones>
                <!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini. -->
        <database>
                <host>localhost</host>
                <port>3306</port>
                <username>*****</username>
                <password>*****</password>
                <db>eqemu</db>
        </database>
        <launcher>
                <logprefix>logs/zone-</logprefix>
                <logsuffix>.log</logsuffix>
                <exe>./zone</exe>
                <timers restart="10000" reterminate="10000" initial="20000" inte
rval="2000" />
        </launcher>
</server>
~
~
~
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Are there any suggestions that can be offered to resolve either issue?

[Iamien]

Try Deleting eqlsnews.txt That is where it gets news from.

[Damilis]

I am running a private minilogin based server and these settings work for me:

loginserver.ini:

###Your current configuration is as follows:
 
loginserver.ini:
[LoginServer]
loginserver=192.168.1.2
loginport=5999
worldname=Shadows Of Norrath
worldaddress=192.168.1.2
locked=false
account=
password=
 
[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=
 
[ChatChannelServer]
worldshortname=
chataddress=
chatport=
 
[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=Minilogin
ServerPort=5999

eqemu_config.xml:

<?xml version="1.0">
 
<server>
	 <world>
		 <shortname>SON</shortname>
		 <longname>ShadowsOfNorrath</longname>
		 <address>192.168.1.2</address>
		 <localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>
		 <!-- Loginserver information. -->
		 <loginserver>
			 <host>192.168.1.2</host>
			 <port>5999</port>
			 <account></account>
			 <password></password>
		 </loginserver>
	 </world>
 
	 <!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini. -->
	 <database>
		 <host>192.168.1.2</host>
		 <port>3306</port>
		 <username>YOURMOTHERS</username>
		 <password>PASSWORD</password>
		 <db>eq</db>
	 </database>
</server>

I try to avoid using 127.0.0.1 or localhost whenever possible.

[Iamien]

Damilis


They cant even get to the server select is what I believe.

[Damilis]

Originally Posted by Iamien

Damilis


They cant even get to the server select is what I believe.

Aye, and thats because he has his loginserver set to 127.0.0.1 so every client that attempts to connect to the server will look to the computer the client is running on for the loginserver.... which will only work if he is running client and server on the same box.

[eq4me]

If Minilogin runs on an remote computer you must set

loginserver=<insert the IP address the clients connects to>

In your case that would be 
loginserver=192.168.0.2

Also the loginserver in the eqemu config must set to that IP instead of 127.0.0.1

If I remember correct you dont need to set the worldaddress= variable in Minilogin, at least I remember changing it to debug something without breaking anything.

Also be aware that one Minilogin account set to 127.0.0.1 will prevent any other Client connection from remote to log into the server.

Edit: Seems I took to long to reply, Damilis beat me to it.

[Damilis]

Originally Posted by eq4me

Edit: Seems I took to long to reply, Damilis beat me to it.

Well i explained it 'dumb' and you made it clear