[Tinymux] Interesting Problem

[Merrie S]

I found the problem and you were correct it was the config file, when I made 
my new file I did not include the definitions in the base mux.config file.

Thank you for the very detailed and helpful answer.

Merrie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <nails at mushpark.com>
To: "Tiny Mux" <tinymux at tinymux.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Tinymux] Interesting Problem


>
> Merrie,
>
> More info about your installation and initial configuration would be
> needed to properly troubleshoot the problem, but this sounds like a
> possible mismatch between mux.config and netmux.conf (or <gamename>.conf).
>
> In the mux.config file, there is a variable called GAMENAME. by default,
> this is set to 'netmux'.  There are a number of dependancies on this
> setting, including what db files to use, and what .conf file to read at
> startup.
>
> If you change GAMENAME to something other than 'netmux' in mux.config,
> you need to make additional changes.  For example, consider you edit
> mux.config and change GAMENAME to 'foo'
>
>
> 1.  netmux.conf  must be copied or moved to foo.conf
> 2.  foo.conf must be edited to change every instance of 'netmux' to 'foo',
>    specifically all of the db filenames.
> 3.  If you want to use the 'minimal' database that includes the SGP
>    install, you must go into the game/data/ subdirectory and move the
>    file 'netmux.db' to 'foo.db'
>
>
> The help and wizhelp commands are defined in the <gamename>.conf file for
> your game.  If you changed GAMENAME in mux.config to foo, but there is no
> foo.conf file, or the foo.conf file does not have the entries that define
> help and wizhelp, then the help command won't work.  If MUX starts up and
> doesn't find a foo.db file (or another valid db file), it will create a
> new database that contains only limbo (#0) and Wizard (#1).  This will be
> noted in the .log file.
>
>
> More importantly:  If you do not have the db file entries in foo.conf,
> or the names listed do not match the names in mux.config,  you will most
> likely lose all of your data at the next shutdown/restart.
>
>
> So, two things:
> 1. Check the log file for errors at startup.
> 2. check mux.config and <gamename>.conf for config mismatches.
>
> If it's something else, let us know what you found and we'll dig deeper.
>
> Thanks,
> nails
>
>
>
> On Thu, 12 May 2005, Merrie S wrote:
>
>> I just configured TinyMux and got it started, when I went in with wizard 
>> and tried to type help I got the 'Huh' message, minimum DB did not start 
>> up?
>>
>> Also the Sandbox basics use to be installed, are they still in the base 
>> DB?
>>
>> Should I reinstall or any other suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Merrie
>>
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