Login stuck problem

Hi everyone!
I am having some odd problem with nanny() function on these lines:

//comm.c nanny() Login screen
/* Old players can keep their characters. -- Alty */
if ( !check_parse_name( argument, (d->newstate != 0) ) ){
write_to_buffer( d, "Illegal name, Try Another.\n\rName: ", 0 );
return;
}

The thing is: Everytime I try to log on, I get this error.
If I type 'new', I also get this error.
Strange is that it happens always in the first time, se second time it works as it should be.
I mean, if I try to enter 'Thoric' in the login, it returns me this error, and I need to enter it again.

What can it be?

Thanks in advance.

Clearly you are changing something that affects the test. That small post doesn't show what it is.

See my post about debugging with gdb: http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=3653

I would be putting a breakpoint on that line, and then stepping into the function with "step" to see why it works one time and not the next. Maybe the name is wrong? Maybe d->newstate is zero the first time and not the next?

Well, I am not very good at C++ yet, but you are right! d->newstate is really zero.
I can't see a way of making this debugging you talk about because I use a Windows Compiler in the work, and in home I use macintosh xcode and never tryed to compile smaug there. Maybe someday I sit down in front of my mac and try hard to make it works, and I believe this kind of debugging will work fine in a mac, but I'll think in that later..

I've found that the variable "argument" returns a " ' " before anything I type in the first time. It's origin is the d->incomm variable on strcpy( cmdline, d->incomm ); line.

Anyway, does anybody cares to give-me a shot of what does this d->incomm? I believe that removing this " ' " symbol, it's done!

Thanks a lot!