Silly me had use custom update server checked. This caused the trouble. Un-checking it fixed the error/s.

Last night roughly 0:00 - 3:00 AM EST I tried logging into the main server. There was some error in logging in, I just figured "oh, server down yet again". So, I tried a different server. I logged into Evol. Wow! It looks nice. I played there a few hours with a new character, Darius Bane. ...

Found in Ubuntu & Debian repositories, after searching for Linux based games. Enjoy the game for the game.

No desire from me to be a game master. Thought these responses would be of interest to others. Take what you need, leave what you don't. 1. What is the best way to help a new player who just started playing the game? Offer direction to the wiki, RFC 1855, the F1 key for help. Point out other players...