OK, a few questions to clear up the issue a bit...
1. What OS are you running under?
2. Am I correct in understanding that the log file records the call to the
copyover function, the execution of the copyover function, and the game
starting up again?
3. Can you open another telnet session to the MUD after the copyover
attempt?
4. Can you attach to the process with gdb while it's "asleep"?
I'm not familiar with the codebase, but I'll do my best to help. :-)
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 4:13 PM
Subject: Copyover Problem
> This is my first post to the mailing list. I have
> been keeping track of recent posts and trying to
> search the archives. As of yet, I have not found
> anything related to my problem. So, I have decided to
> write to this board in hopes of a response.
>
> Here's the problem I'm having:
>
> When I do copyover, I get the message "Copyover by
> Athanos -please remain seated" -- so far so good, but
> that's as far as it gets. The mud freezes at that
> point and goes into sleep mode. I have (sys/types.h)
> included in my file and I have my copyover file and
> exe file defined as well. The log shows that there
> was a copyover and that the mud is ready to rock, but
> it's not. At first I thought I had a problem with the
> writing of the copyover file, but it writes to the
> file just fine. With gdb, I get SIGTRAP error. I'm
> not sure what this means or how to fix it. That's all
> the information it gives me. It appears that there is
> a problem in the execl function or something.
>
> If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
> I have matched the code up perfectly with other codes
> that have worked and it still won't. That's why I
> believe it's not in the copyover function itself. I
> am running an AEternity codebase (Advanced GhostMud)
> (originally made to run under cygwin, which might be
> the problem as well). Thank you in advance for your
> responses.
>
> Athanos
> Co-Implementer and Head Coder of Shadows of the Mist
>
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