Problems running game Crossfire

[gusjones]

Installed all the Crossfire game packages from the Synaptic package manager. (I think from the universe/multiverse repositry) The game won't run when I go into console and run it from there I can see the following:

rob@ubuntu:~$ crossfire
Unable to open /var/log/crossfire/logfile as the logfile - will use stderr instead
Welcome to CrossFire, v1.6.0
Copyright (C) 1994 Mark Wedel.
Copyright (C) 1992 Frank Tore Johansen.
error on bind command: Address already in use
error on bind command
rob@ubuntu:~$
rob@ubuntu:~$

Can anyone help me get this game running? I'm not a complete newbie but it is best to assume so. Managed to get games like Quake 3 and Cube running so far with a bit of trouble shooting, but on this one I'm stuck.

Can anyone help? :-?

[mrastas]

Hi did you solve this bind problem somehow. I am getting the same result running crossfire in kubuntu dapper drake beta. I installed crossfire packets trought apt-get.

Initialize new client/server data
error on bind command: Address already in use
error on bind command


It seems to be something to do with sockets, but that doesnt tell me anything...

[lemino]

Hi, had the samt problem you guys been having. The solution was as simple obvious: you don't start the game with the command "crossfire", but with "gcfclient" (if you have installed the gtk-client). Try that. You might have to modify the command if you're on the X-client. Good luck, see you in the dungeons!

[Zyphrexi]

crossfire starts the server, afaik it starts each time you boot up ubuntu.
if you want to restart it do:

sudo killall crossfire
sudo /usr/games/crossfire

that'll restart the server if you want to refresh the map (i.e. powerlevelling)