freeciv server problems

I emailed you earlier with a problem I am having starting a solitaire 
game. In addition to what I described earlier, my server doesn't seem to 
be following the advice set forth in the manuals and the FAQs that I 
have read. The FAQ and the manual say that in order to run a solitaire 
game, I should open the server terminal from my RedHat menu, type 'set 
aifill 30'  enter and then start. Every time I do this, my server 
responds with "Not enough players, game will not start." I can get the 
server to start if I use the create command and create a few AI players, 
but then when I click the connect button on the Play window to connect 
to localhost on port 5555, it just sits there until it times out.

HELP!

Thanks.

John