The common unknown spawn problem

[deicide]

Hi, I realize people get flamed for this type of post so am expecting it again. However I have searched and read through numerous topics on exactly this problem and am still getting nowhere.

I am not a novice when it comes to Unix but this problem I just cant seem to figure out. I realize that it is pointing to a problem with my libEQ.a library but everything checks out with the md5sum and with all the install docs posted.

When I start up ShowEQ everything looks fine except that it doesnt filter out the info on my character (skills, name, race, etc) and every single spawn shows as an Unknown NPC. I did the 'ifconfig eth0 -promisc' so that is set. I have also attached a copy of my configure output if that would show anything useful for you (I didnt see anything odd except for the missing --run comment which I have seen on numerous peoples config). I have also tried redoing everything from scratch.

The only errors I encountered on installation was the fact that spawnlist2.h was missing an include for qtlineedit.h. I added that and the compile went through with no problems.

[root@localhost showeq]# ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
/seq/showeq/missing: Unknown `--run' option
Try `/seq/showeq/missing --help' for more information
configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for g++... g++
checking for supported compiler version... checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for C++ compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of g++... (cached) gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
creating libtool
checking for supported libc version... yes
checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking for libXext... yes
checking for extra includes... no
checking for extra libs... no
checking for libz... -lz
checking for libpng... -lpng -lz -lm
checking for Qt... yes
>> Found version.: 2.3.2
>>> Headers......: /usr/lib/qt-2.3.2/include/
>>>> Libraries...: /usr/lib/qt-2.3.2/lib/
>>>>> NOTE.......: ShowEQ is designed for Qt 3.0.5+, please upgrade
>>>>>> Workable..: -*{ ??? }*-
checking for Qt MOC... yes
checking if Qt compiles without flags... no
checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
setting Linux pthread compilation options
checking for pcap_open_live in -lpcap... yes
checking for gdImageCreate in -lgd... yes
checking for gdImagePng in -lgd... yes
checking for inflate in -lz... yes
checking for gdbm_open in -lgdbm... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking deque usability... yes
checking deque presence... yes
checking for deque... yes
checking for size_t... yes
checking whether to enable debugging code and flags... yes
checking whether to build with optimization enabled... yes
checking whether to build with code inlined... yes
checking whether to build with profiling... no
checking whether to build with Berkeley DB3... no
checking whether to build for use with the test server... no
checking for rpath... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating maps/Makefile
config.status: creating conf/Makefile
config.status: creating conf.h
config.status: conf.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
Success!
Please run:
make
[root@localhost showeq]#

[deicide]

hmm. Always see problems once I post something (smacks self). Gonna try installing QT-3.0.5 first.

[fester]

Originally posted by deicide
...pointing to a problem with my libEQ.a library but everything checks out with the md5sum and with all the install docs posted.


Well, You probably want to reread any install docs you have, there is no md5sum for libEQ.a anymore because libEQ.a is not needed.

[deicide]

I will check them again, but they clearly talk about libEQ.a in the docs. here is a copy paste:

INSTALL.newbies:
1.8 Downloading most recent libEQ.a file
getting latest libEQ.a (see the file README.libEQ in cvs files) put
this file in /usr/lib as well. it is important that this is the ONLY
libEQ.a in the library path, and that it be the most current. It is
okay to have an extra copy in say /seq, but not in /lib or a few
other places.

[]# pico /seq/showeq/README.libEQ



1.9 Compiling ShowEQ
configuring and compiling showeq v4.x

Code:

[]# cd /seq/showeq/
[]# export CC=gcc3
[]# export CXX=g++3
[]# export QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt-3.0.5
[]# make -f Makefile.dist
[]# ./configure
[]# make
[]# make install


--------------
The static library libEQ.a was once distributed with ShowEQ. This created
some confusion since the supposedly "Open Source" ShowEQ would only build
correctly on x86 Linux.

The configure script now checks for libEQ.a in your compiler's library path.
If present, decryption support will be compiled into ShowEQ. If absent,
ShowEQ will function only in GPS (radar/map) mode with all mobs shown as
"unknown".

The libEQ.a library may be downloaded from the following sites:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/seq/libEQ.a.f45cb14c?download

*** WARNING ***

It's possible people may try to build trojan horse versions of this library
to capture account/password data. (This would be tricky, but possible)

YOU MUST VERIFY THE MD5 CHECKSUM (from the "md5sum" command) VERSUS A POSTING
MADE ON SOURCEFORGE FROM Ratt, Zaphod or Casey. DO NOT TRUST ANY MD5 CHECKSUM EXCEPT THIS
ONE.

It would be pretty easy to "forge" a message from one of us giving different
md5sums and include it with the rest of ShowEQ don't trust any message
included with this or any version of ShowEQ which claims to list
accepted MD5 checksums. You should also be mistrustful if we suddenly
redirect everyone to a new site with a new libEQ.a file with a
different checksum. It probably means someone hacked one of our accounts.

To check the MD5 checksum, execute the following command from the directory you saved libEQ.a in (usually /usr/lib/):

[]# md5sum libEQ.a



Either the install docs that are given in the cvs distribution are incorrect or I am supposed to still download the file.



README.libEQ:

[S_B_R]

The docs you have are indeed wrong, there is no need to download libEQ.a any longer.

[deicide]

is there a location where I can guarentee to get the correct docs?

I am still getting the same problem even after installing qt-3.0.5. Everything comes up as unknown and it wont even detect my characters info.

Maybe there is a new step or something i missed though in the new docs vs the old docs.

[deicide]

everything is all ok now. I got everything figured out. Thanks to those that did reply

[shnauka]

Those are up to date docs. No one has, of yet, updated them to reflect that the library is no longer needed..