Unable to start wesnothd (for hosting network)

[heyub]

I am trying to run wesnothd (for wesnoth version 1.12.5) on my MacBook. I am running os x 10.6.8 & it is a 32bit computer. When I try to launch wesnothd from wesnoth I get the following:

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Mon Feb 29 08:37:08 heyubs-MacBook.local wesnoth[33598] <Error>: CGContextShowGlyphsAtPoint: invalid context 0x0
sh: .//wesnothd: No such file or directory
20160229 08:37:12 warning general: Failed to run server start script
20160229 08:37:44 warning general: Failed to run server start script
20160229 08:37:44 error general: Error while starting server: MP server error: Starting MP server failed!

when I try to launch wesnothd directly I get

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wesnothd ; exit;
Illegal instruction
logout

Not sure what is going on here, any suggestions?

[ancestral]

Hi there!

How specifically are you starting wesnothd? If you're starting it from the terminal, are you able to create a local game from within the app?

[heyub]

I have tried both starting wesnothd in terminal and in the app. When I try to start from the app I get this error popping up on the screen

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Error while starting server: MP server error: Starting MP server failed!

When I try to start wesnothd from terminal I simply get the output "Illegal construction"

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heyub$ ./wesnothd
Illegal instruction

From here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1426 ... ion-min-10
and several other help sites I've seen that this Illegal Construction means an incompatible binary. Which is peculiar as wesnoth is perfectly compatible?

[Dugi]

Maybe it's for 64-bit systems, but you have a 32-bit system. Or some other architecture system.

[ancestral]

Maybe it's for 64-bit systems, but you have a 32-bit system. Or some other architecture system.

That was my thought, but my investigation reveals it’s i386, which should mean it’s 32-bit, so I’m less than certain about that.

Original Poster, have you tried re-downloading or even tried a previous version (1.12.4) to see if that works?

[heyub]

Tried reinstalling 1.12.5 but got the same error. I actually used 1.12.4 to host a networked game today and it worked flawlessly. I noticed a difference though, when I attempt to host in 12.5 I get a prompt asking where wesnothd is installed, but in 12.4 I don't get that prompt and it simply starts the server.