I also had a problem which I reported here about not being able to compile the game from source. I ended-up being able to trace that back to a C++ header file that was modified on my system (I actually had to comment-out some lines in one to get something to compile, but forgot to change it back afterwards). Once I changed the header back to normal, the game compiled fine. Boy, I feel dumb for that one.

Thanks to everyone who offered their advice for each problem.
-Karl (a.k.a. Amused Dragon)