Login Server Woes

[Unix]

I've been browsing the forums trying to solve this without having to post, but since I'm drawing up blanks, I figured I'd atleast give this a shot. Shoot me down if I missed the topic I'm looking for.

After deciding I was tired of EQLive for the hundreth time, I figured I'd crawl back to EQEmu. I've been a user for well over a year and a half now, just never.. ever, I don't think.. posted on the forums. I'm a silent person for the most part. Anyways, I went ahead and got the login server, claimed my LS and went to go login...

Only to stare at a screen endlessly, that won't change, telling me it's connecting to the login server. I browsed a bunch of topics in this forum, tried changing my ports around a bit, with no luck.

So I ask, what am I doing wrong? I'm not patched to the most current version, nor am I missing eqhost or anything trivial. Any suggestions, answers, or comments? Please?

[evidently I've posted 4 times prior to this. damn, here I thought I had been completely silent.]

ether your patched to live, have a patch too old or your eqhost is wrong.