Whenever I try to use a charactar it goes to server select.
 

It has been a while since I last used EQEMU. I ran into 1017 (again). Got past it (again). And I made a char and logged in. I was so happy for a few minutes until I realize my zone was empty. This happened the last time too. I grabbed the DB addon from the version before and installed it. Afterwards I logged in and tried to get on my dwarf. It said the zone was unavailable. I made a new character, this time a human. When I tried to log in as him and the next thing I saw was the server select.

It worked before I put the addon in but not after. Im guessing the problem is with the DB. I was wondering what I should do to keep the zones full but at the same time actually be able to log into them.

Try granting the account permissions in the database. I ran into something similiar but will have to go home and check my notes on how I fixed it.

- GPD

Found solution here http://forums.eqemu.net/viewtopic.php?t=4533

this issue is usualy a corrupted database. wipe your db and try again.