On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Nate Mcsp wrote: >Hello, I'm having a few errors when I try to start up the MUD. First off, I >am using bpl14 and Cygnus b20 to compile the MUD. I compiled the MUD without >any problems. After that I go ahead and type: ./autorun &. The script starts >then goes into sleep. The syslog.crash file says: > >SYSERR: Error creating socket: The specified family can not be used with this >socket. > >I've tried changing the port and all, but I still get the same result... if ((s = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) { perror("SYSERR: Error creating socket"); exit(1); } Don't change those lines. The 0 is not the port. Do not touch that which you do not understand... Learn first, of course. -- George Greer greerga@circlemud.org http://www.van.m-l.org/CircleMUD/ +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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