On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Patrick Lahni wrote:
> Quoting kama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have now healthy servers again on FreeBSD without crashes. The > > testserver, where I dont restart hlds every morning, have over 24 hours of > > uptime. > > > > This are the steps I have done. Upgrade to FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE. Use the > > 2.6.16 kernel linux ABI instead of the default 2.4.2 kernel linux ABI. Use > > an more up-to-date version of linux_base. I use gentoo 2008.0, I prefer it > > over fedora8, due to the amount of dependencies that are needed. I > > have not tested to see if fedora8 works. > > > > Since I had several servers running hlds, I wrote up a install script that > > configure, fetches, unpack and setup the linux_base. > > > > I have the script available here: > > ftp://fa1.pvp.se/freebsd/install_gentoo_2008_2.6.16.bash > > ftp://fa2.pvp.se/freebsd/install_gentoo_2008_2.6.16.bash > > > > The script does more or less what the port does. I started to rewrite the > > Makefile to update the port, but it took longer than write this script > > since I am not familiar to write the Makefiles for ports. > > > > Just run the script after you have updated FreeBSD and removed the old > > linux_base. > > > > On top of not getting the server to crash, the server seems to run more > > smoothly. Like less choke. > > > > Enjoy! > > > > /Bjorn > > > This doesn't resolve running L4D on FreeBSD, does it? I assume that's > still exploding on FreeBSD machines. Sorry, it was for the crashes introduced by the latest hlds update. I have not tried to install a L4D server yet. /Bjorn _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
