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Troubleshooting
The door hangs as soon as it starts
Wrong Start-up Directory in SCFG, for example ../lord4 instead of ../xtrn/lord4. It is relative to /sbbs/ctrl.
Blank screen and a blinking cursor; LORD shows "HOLD ON.." and nothing after it
The door or IGM only talks through a FOSSIL driver and none is loaded. Add fossil.com: the global EMUSETUP.BAT (the FOSSIL driver), or PreCommands for the Linux version (DOS IGMs from Linux).
A door says someone is already playing, or won't start for a while
A caller dropped carrier and the door left its “in use” file (The Pawn Shop: LOCKFILE.DAT; BRE: INUSE.FLG). When nobody is in the door, delete the file. For LORD itself, lordcfg's player editor clears stuck “on now” flags.
The door can't find the drop file
The drop file is placed in the start-up directory, or the door's config points at a Linux path. Set Place Drop File In: Node Directory, and point the door at D:\.
The door's setup program shows nothing
It was run with the BBS settings, whose virtual COM1 hides the local screen, or from a script. Run it with de, which uses dosemu-local.conf, from a real terminal.
Files can't be written; the game says it can't open a file
The door's files belong to another user. chown -R them to the user the BBS runs as.
A prompt seems to ignore a key
Some prompts need Enter after the letter (TradeWars' X to exit; EC's graphics question).
A player gets a new character instead of their old one
Players are matched by the drop file's real name. Check what the BBS sends with lord -d <drop file> -i, and the “BBS real name” field in the player editor.
A killed player stays dead after editing
Set their hit points as well as turning Dead off (newer lordcfg versions do this for you).
The bank transfer limit doesn't change
The key is MaximumTransferAmount; a MaxTransferAmount line is ignored (see Game options (lord.ini)).
Logs
| Log | For |
|---|---|
/sbbs/node<n>/dosemu_boot.log | DOS doors. |
error.log in the game directory | The game and its IGMs. |
igmnode<n>/dosemu_igm.log | DOS IGMs from the Linux version. |
lady.log | LADY scripts, with -debug. |
journalctl -u sbbs | Synchronet itself, on systemd. |