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[Sikkun]

Hey guys,
So im at a loss here. My windows server runs 100% and my to log in from multiple computers (differnt internet). But my debian linux install will not. I installed debian into a vmware virtual machine and have everything set up. My server shows up on the server selection screen and I can log on using the windows partition of that camputer (one with vmware running linux), but I cannot log on to my server using another computer (a computer which can log on to any other server). It just cycles back to the log in screen after several minutes.

Here is some stuff I can think of that might help find the problem:
eqemu_config.xml

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
	<world>
		<!-- Set the shortname to ONE word. The longname is what shows up on server list -->
		<shortname>EQLite</shortname> 
		<longname>EQLite [In Development Non-Playable]</longname>

		<!-- DO NOT EDIT ANY LINES BETWEEN HERE AND THE DATABASE SECTION -->
		<!-- <address>do.not.edit</address> -->
		<!-- <localaddress>do.not.edit</localaddress> -->

		<!-- Loginserver information.  DO NOT EDIT -->
		<loginserver>
			<host>eqemulator.net</host>
			<port>5998</port>
			<account></account>
			<password></password>
		</loginserver>

		<!-- Server status.  Default is unlocked DO NOT EDIT RIGHT NOW -->
		<!--<locked/>-->
		<!-- <unlocked/> -->

		<!-- Sets the ip/port for the tcp connections.  DO NOT EDIT -->
		<tcp ip="localhost" port="9000" telnet="disable"/>

		<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
		<key>somelongrandomstring12345</key>
		
		<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service.  Defaults are shown -->
		<http port="9080" enabled="false" mimefile="mime.types" />
	</world>

	<!-- Chatserver (channels) information.  DO NOT EDIT -->
	<chatserver>
		<host>channels.eqemulator.net</host>
		<port>7778</port>
	</chatserver>

	<!-- Mailserver (in-game mail) information.  DO NOT EDIT -->
	<mailserver>
		<host>channels.eqemulator.net</host>
		<port>7779</port>
	</mailserver>
	
	<zones>
		<!-- The defaultstatus is what status the new toons will have on your server -->
		<defaultstatus>0</defaultstatus>

		<!-- Sets port range for world to use to auto configure zones DO NOT EDIT RIGHT NOW-->
		<ports low="7000" high="7100"/>
	</zones>

	<!-- Set username to root and password is your MySQL password and db to peq -->
	<database>
		<host>localhost</host>
		<port>3306</port>
		<username>root</username>
		<password>password</password>
		<db>peq</db>
	</database>

	<!-- Launcher Configuration DO NOT EDIT-->
	<launcher>
		<!-- <logprefix>logs/zone-</logprefix> -->
		<!-- <logsuffix>.log</logsuffix> -->
		<!-- <exe>zone.exe</exe> -->
		<!-- <timers restart="10000" reterminate="10000"> -->
	</launcher>

	<!-- File locations.  DO NOT EDIT -->
	<files>
		<!-- <spells>spells_us.txt</spells> -->
		<!-- <opcodes>opcodes.conf</opcodes> -->
		<!-- <logsettings>log.ini</logsettings> -->
		<!-- <eqtime>eqtime.cfg</eqtime> -->
	</files>
	<!-- Directory locations.  DO NOT EDIT -->
	<directories>
		<!-- <maps>Maps</maps> -->
		<!-- <quests>quests</quests> -->
		<!-- <plugins>plugins</plugins> -->
	</directories>
</server>

my start/stop persist world

cat > start << EOD6
#!/bin/bash
# Auto generated by EQEmu Installer v$EQEMU_INSTALLER_VER on $EQEMU_INSTALL_DATE

# Include our configuration.
#source eqemu.conf

#ulimit -c 99999999

# Start the login server.
if [ \$USE_LOGIN_SERVER ]; then
  ./EQEmuLoginServer 2>&1 > logs/loginserver &
fi

# Remove any shutdown files.
rm -f .zone_shutdown
rm -f .world_shutdown

# Print commands and their arguments as they are executed.
set -x

# Launcher name.
LNAME="zone"
if [ "\$1" = "test" ]; then
  LNAME="test"
fi

# Set our library path.
P=`pwd`
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:\$P"

# Make sure we have a place to log.
mkdir -p logs 2>&1 > /dev/null

# Clear out old logs, if both are stopped.
if [ ! -e .lock-zones -a ! -e .lock-world ] ; then
  for f in logs/eqemu_*.log
  do
    # Keep the commands_zone log.
    if [ "\$f" = "logs/eqemu_commands_zone.log" ]; then
      continue;
    fi
    rm -f \$f
  done
fi

# Boot up world.
if [ ! -e .lock-world ] ; then
  # Create our lock file.
  touch .lock-world
  
  # Determine how to run the world server.
  if [ \$USE_PERSIST_WORLD ]; then
    ./persist_world 2>&1 > logs/world &
  else
    ./world 2>&1 > logs/world &
  fi
  
  # wait for shared memory to load
  sleep 15
fi

# Start up the official launcher.
if [ ! -e .lock-launcher ]; then
  # Create our lock file.
  touch .lock-launcher
  
  # Launch!
  ./eqlaunch \$LNAME 2>&1 > logs/launcher &
fi

# Determine if we should start the chat server.
if [ \$USE_CHAT_SERVER ]; then
  ./chatserver 2>&1 > logs/chatserver &
fi

# Determine if we should start the mail server.
if [ \$USE_MAIL_SERVER ]; then
  ./mailserver 2>&1 > logs/mailserver &
fi
EOD6

cat > stop << EOD7
#!/bin/bash
# Auto generated by EQEmu Installer v$EQEMU_INSTALLER_VER on $EQEMU_INSTALL_DATE

# Include our configuration.
#source eqemu.conf

# Create our shutdown files.
touch .zone_shutdown
touch .world_shutdown

targets="world eqlaunch zone"

# Login Server Check
if [ \$USE_LOGIN_SERVER ]; then
  targets="\$targets EQEmuLoginServer"
fi

# Chat Server Check
if [ \$USE_CHAT_SERVER ]; then
  targets="\$targets chatserver"
fi

# Mail Server Check
if [ \$USE_MAIL_SERVER ]; then
  targets="\$targets mailserver"
fi

killall \$targets

# Small pause here.
sleep 3

# If world/zone/eqlaunch is stuck we'll 'kill -9' them here.
if ps ax | grep -e 'w[o]rld' -e 'z[o]ne' -e 'eq[l]aunch' > /dev/null; then
  killall -9 world zone eqlaunch
  sleep 2
fi

# Run our IPC cleaning.
./cleanipc

# Remove any lock files.
rm -f .lock-zones .lock-world .lock-login .lock-launcher
EOD7

cat > persist_world << EOD8
#!/bin/bash

#ulimit -c 99999999

while true
do
  ./world "\$@"
  if [ -r ".world_shutdown" ]; then
    exit 0
  fi

  echo `date` " - World crashed." >> crashlog
  sleep 2
done
EOD8

what sudo ./start looks like

+ LNAME=zone
+ '[' '' = test ']'
+ P=/home/eqemu/server
+ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=:/home/eqemu/server
+ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=:/home/eqemu/server
+ mkdir -p logs
+ '[' '!' -e .lock-zones -a '!' -e .lock-world ']'
+ for f in 'logs/eqemu_*.log'
+ '[' logs/eqemu_debug_3629.log = logs/eqemu_commands_zone.log ']'
+ rm -f logs/eqemu_debug_3629.log
+ for f in 'logs/eqemu_*.log'
+ '[' logs/eqemu_debug_4050.log = logs/eqemu_commands_zone.log ']'
+ rm -f logs/eqemu_debug_4050.log
+ for f in 'logs/eqemu_*.log'
+ '[' logs/eqemu_debug_world.log = logs/eqemu_commands_zone.log ']'
+ rm -f logs/eqemu_debug_world.log
+ for f in 'logs/eqemu_*.log'
+ '[' logs/eqemu_debug_zone.log = logs/eqemu_commands_zone.log ']'
+ rm -f logs/eqemu_debug_zone.log
+ for f in 'logs/eqemu_*.log'
+ '[' logs/eqemu_quest_zone.log = logs/eqemu_commands_zone.log ']'
+ rm -f logs/eqemu_quest_zone.log
+ for f in 'logs/eqemu_*.log'
+ '[' logs/eqemu_world.log = logs/eqemu_commands_zone.log ']'
+ rm -f logs/eqemu_world.log
+ for f in 'logs/eqemu_*.log'
+ '[' logs/eqemu_zone.log = logs/eqemu_commands_zone.log ']'
+ rm -f logs/eqemu_zone.log
+ '[' '!' -e .lock-world ']'
+ touch .lock-world
+ '[' ']'
+ sleep 15
+ ./world

Any help would be highly appreciated!
Sikkun