NPC right click interaction not working + Combat skills

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Greetings,

Running Linux server, PEQ DB 10-11-14, git eqemu ~ 10/13/14

When I right click on mercenary "vendors?" to get a mercenary, nothing happens. I do have them enabled. I saw another thread where someone re-sourced part of their database to fix this, but I would like to understand what is broken.

When I right click on guild masters for my class nothing happens and a few moments later the client goes LD and crashes.

Also, unrelated to NPCs, but Duel Wield and Double Attack do not seem to work. If I make a warrior, #setxp them to say level 20, then give them DW, Double Attack, Dodge and Parry skill of 100 - the character never uses any of them. Increasing to level 40, 60, 65, and 70 with an appropriate raise in skill level made no difference. Anyone seen this before?

Thanks