Bug#757876: freeciv-client-gtk: can't start a local game

[Jacob Nevins]

Xavier Cartron writes:
> When I click on "Start a new game" ("démarrer une nouvelle partie" in
> french), I see at the bottom of the client window these messages : 
> "Starting local server"
> "Impossible to connect to the server"
> And then, nothing happens, and I can't play any game.
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't see any error message when launching freeciv with
> a terminal.

When you say "launching freeciv with a terminal", what exactly do you
type, and what do you see?

What happens if you type 'freeciv-server' in a terminal (if different to
the above)?