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  • SBBS Gameserver issues running xtrn programs

    From Deepthaw@1:103/705 to All on Sunday, November 29, 2020 20:24:59
    Per my previous post: I've gotten SBBS running rlogin in gameserver mode, and can access it from my ENiGMA system just fine.

    If I don't try to pass an xtrn= value, it goes straight to the xtrn menu and I can run anything I'd like from there, and when I quit it sends me back to my bbs. Cool.

    But if I pass an xtrn= value where the terminal type would normally go, it always gives me an error message like !ERROR Unable to launch external: 'ANSIVIEW'

    I've tried multiple external programs, and double checked the internal codes (In this example, I'm trying to use the auto-installed ANSIview and am passing xtrn=ANSIVIEW.)

    Any ideas what may begoing on? Do I possibly have the syntax off?
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Deepthaw on Sunday, November 29, 2020 20:29:25
    Re: SBBS Gameserver issues running xtrn programs
    By: Deepthaw to All on Sun Nov 29 2020 08:24 pm

    But if I pass an xtrn= value where the terminal type would normally go, it always gives me an error message like !ERROR Unable to launch external: 'ANSIVIEW'

    Did you try lowercase?
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  • From Deepthaw@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Sunday, November 29, 2020 20:50:15
    Re: SBBS Gameserver issues running xtrn programs
    By: Digital Man to Deepthaw on Sun Nov 29 2020 08:29 pm

    Re: SBBS Gameserver issues running xtrn programs
    By: Deepthaw to All on Sun Nov 29 2020 08:24 pm

    But if I pass an xtrn= value where the terminal type would normally
    go, it always gives me an error message like !ERROR Unable to launch
    external: 'ANSIVIEW'

    Did you try lowercase?

    I did. Same issue. If I don't pass any kind of xtrn= parameter, it takes me straight to the xtrn menu where everything works fine.

    I've verified that rlogin_auto_xtrn is set to true as well.
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  • From Deepthaw@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Sunday, November 29, 2020 22:00:27
    Re: SBBS Gameserver issues running xtrn programs
    By: Deepthaw to Digital Man on Sun Nov 29 2020 08:50 pm

    Did you try lowercase?

    I did. Same issue. If I don't pass any kind of xtrn= parameter, it takes me straight to the xtrn menu where everything works fine.

    To assist with troubleshooting, I enabled the web server and get the same error message when trying to run externals via the built-in menu there, so it's definitely something systemwide...
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Deepthaw on Monday, November 30, 2020 01:05:21
    Re: SBBS Gameserver issues running xtrn programs
    By: Deepthaw to Digital Man on Sun Nov 29 2020 08:50 pm

    Re: SBBS Gameserver issues running xtrn programs
    By: Digital Man to Deepthaw on Sun Nov 29 2020 08:29 pm

    Re: SBBS Gameserver issues running xtrn programs
    By: Deepthaw to All on Sun Nov 29 2020 08:24 pm

    But if I pass an xtrn= value where the terminal type would normally
    go, it always gives me an error message like !ERROR Unable to launch
    external: 'ANSIVIEW'

    Did you try lowercase?

    I did. Same issue. If I don't pass any kind of xtrn= parameter, it takes me straight to the xtrn menu where everything works fine.

    I've verified that rlogin_auto_xtrn is set to true as well.

    The next thing to check would be the access requirements of that program (and the section containing it) in SCFG->External Programs.
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  • From deepthaw@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Monday, November 30, 2020 09:05:37
    On 11/29/2020 11:05 pm Digital Man said...
    The next thing to check would be the access requirements of that program (and the section containing it) in SCFG->External Programs. --
    digital man

    I ended up doing a partial reinstall/restore, and that fixed it. I must have messed something up *real* good for that to break when it normally works out of the box.

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