"server not found" on OSX86

a dead man · Post by **a dead man** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:36 am

Just compiled 2.0.8 on intel mac (Shots DO show up on radar!) however, using the list server to select a server results in a "server not found" error. However, I can connect using the IP address of the server I want (thank god for Ping). I suspect that there may be a curl issue - any thoughts anyone?

Davy Jones · Post by **Davy Jones** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:51 am

I once had this issue, it got fixed when i upgraded my ISP, did you have any problems before this? Ping was the only getaround i found for that though...You say you compiled it? Try looking for an error you might've made

a dead man · Post by **a dead man** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:56 am

no errors that i found in compile, still had the same prob with the precompiled binaries out there. I even just did a recomile after installing the latest curl, no luck

Davy Jones · Post by **Davy Jones** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:03 am

HMMM, what ISP you got, what connection?

a dead man · Post by **a dead man** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:34 am

bigpond, dsl 1500/256, thing is it works fine on OSX ppc, windows, linux etc, (i have a couple or a few boxes of different flavours) its only the intel mac that has this problem, so i dont think its the isp

ts · Post by ts » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:31 am

Do you get a positive global login (= a + sign at your name in score board)?

a dead man · Post by **a dead man** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:20 pm

yep, everthing is there, as I said, it works fine, but I cant select from the list server, I have to enter the IP address of the server I want to connect to manually (ugh, use the keyboard - how quaint)

The Red Baron · Post by **The Red Baron** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:11 am

I have this exact same problem on a computer of mine.

running win2k, I too cannot connect to a domain name. I have to enter an IP address (again, thanks to ping)

I suspect its a DNS problem. I have several other computers on the same network, and they have no problem, its just one computer. SOme of those other computers run XP, 98, win2k, and OSX. IN my case, i do not think its a OS problem.

And no, I've not resolved it. Flushing my DNS didn't help.

horizonstar · Post by **horizonstar** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:31 am

Interesting ... I *just* posted this exact same question in the main Intel OS X thread (below) yesterday. I've been having this problem for around 11 months (since I got my dual Intel MacBook Pro).

Although I never thought to try typing in the IP address ... I didn't imagine that it was a DNS problem. I guess I'll give that a shot as soon as I get home.

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:24 am

I've been having the exact same problem here for a few months. I'm using the gentoo ebuild of this bzflag version:

BZFlag client 2.0.8.20060820-MAINT-linux-gnu-SDL (protocol 0026) http://BZFlag.org/

The only way I can play is by using the IP address as others have mentioned.

Here is another discussion about this problem on the gentoo mailing list:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-44 ... ight-.html

I hope someone finds the problem...My current workaround solution is using the IP address in the config file, you could keep one config file per server. Lame, but better than no bzflag!

MikeR

WarPig · Post by **WarPig** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:07 pm

i have this problem, but i think it is because i am behind proxy server. i cant connect to servers even if i enter the ip.