Seems like I have fixed the problem with server lag (hopefully) from 03/13/07 update. Problem seems to be related rather old libc6 c-libraries or it's threading bugs in Debian Sarge (sarge/amd64 in my case, maybe others too). First the specs,
Hardware: Tyan S2882 MB Dual Processor AMD Opteron 240 4GB Memory Software: Linux Vserver domain (2.2.0-rc18) Linux kernel 2.6.20.3 (SMP, Low Latency Desktop, 1000Hz) Debian Sarge (AMD64, unofficial) What have I done, simply upgraded libc6 libraries and ia32-libs. I woudn't want to break working Sarge installation. So I've done it by pulling only needed libs from upcoming Debian Etch. First adding a Debian repository to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ftp.<country-code>.debian.org/debian etch main Then by trial/error tweaking /etc/apt/preferences: Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 200 Package: libc6 Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 999 Package: ia32-libs Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 999 Package: dpkg Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 999 Package: coreutils Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 999 Package: lib32asound2 Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 999 Package: libasound2 Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 999 Package: libselinux1 Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 999 Package: libsepol1 Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 999 Then did "apt-get update". After that, manually un-checked, by using dselect, unneeded programs and libraries. Don't install everything it suggests. Double check the list before installing/upgrading packages. Then just use [I]nstall in dselect. I don't know how to do this in apt-get. You might want to restart the whole system (or virtual domain) to be sure that every process is using the newer c-libraries. If you have i386 version of Debian, you don't need ia32 emulation libraries, only first 2 entries in /etc/apt/preferences is needed. Beware that newer c-libraries could break some programs, so don't use it in production environment. - Onis _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
