also, getting help on my particular issue is very welcome, not to be a choosing beggar, but i wish to remind people that my original intent was to convey the fact that i usually get along in figuring stuff out on my own a lot better than i seem to be able to do with the pub server currently.

while it is totally possible that i am a complete idiot this time (as i sometimes am), perhaps me speaking up might better indicate to people smarter than me if this is a real problem or not