The crashes occur on a vanilla server.
>I too had forks crashing, after i updated sourcemod and sourcebans and > those kinds of things i didn't had any issues anymore.. > > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:50:34 +0200, "Ronny Schedel" > <i...@ronny-schedel.de> > wrote: >> I have reported this right after the last update two weeks ago. >> Unfortunatly, I was the only one with this problem, so Valve decided to > do >> nothing. >> >> >>> Still having this problem, and it seems that several other people are as >>> well. When a fork crashes, its process becomes defunct and the only way >>> I've found to fix this problem is to restart srcds. There's no debug >>> log or core file generated when the crash happens as far as I can tell. >>> >>> I currently have one dead fork and one defunct process: >>> >>> $ ps -ef | grep defunct >>> srcds 25157 6559 1 Aug17 pts/1 00:15:33 [srcds_i486] <defunct> >>> >>> Could we at least get an acknowledgment or status update on this from >>> Valve? Pretty please? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Dave >>> >>> David Parker wrote: >>>> Mine is a plain vanilla server. I haven't had all 6 forks die yet. >>>> It's >>>> always the first and third forks which stop responding, apparently at >>>> the >>>> same time, and I have to restart srcds to get them back. >>>> >>>> If there is a Valve person following this thread, I've looked through > my >>>> >>>> logs but I have not yet found anything which indicates when or how > these >>>> >>>> forks are crashing. If there is something specific I should be looking > >>>> for, please let me know. >>>> >>>> - Dave >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Eric-Jan Riemers <riem...@binkey.nl> >>>> Date: Friday, August 7, 2009 8:16 pm >>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] L4D forks keep crashing >>>> To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list' >>>> <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> >>>> >>>>> I run 6 forks, l4d.. had to restart all of them "defunct" >>>>> >>>>> Some days ago, I had 2 defunct, had to restart too. Started >>>>> after the update >>>>> too. >>>>> >>>>> Could be we have a sourcemod plugin which is giving issues, but >>>>> if yours is >>>>> vanilla I presume its something else. >>>>> >>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >>>>> Van: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com >>>>> [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] Namens Jay Deiman >>>>> Verzonden: vrijdag 7 augustus 2009 21:09 >>>>> Aan: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >>>>> Onderwerp: Re: [hlds_linux] L4D forks keep crashing >>>>> >>>>> David A. Parker wrote: >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a Left 4 Dead server running 6 forks. Since the >>>>> update on July >>>>>> 31, two of the six forks have crashed several times. >>>>> Each time, the >>>>>> forks stop responding to A2A_PING or A2S_INFO queries, and if >>>>> I telnet >>>>>> to their consoles using netcon, I can type but I get no >>>>> response to >>>>>> commands. However, the master console shows the forks as >>>>> having players >>>>>> on them, even though they are clearly not even running anymore. >>>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone else experienced this? >>>>> Yep, same here. I have script that connects to the >>>>> consoles to get user >>>>> info via the rcon "status" command and it keeps failing until I >>>>> restart >>>>> the hlds. And yes, I think I started experiencing this >>>>> around the exact >>>>> same time. >>>>> >>>>> Jay >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jay Deiman >>>>> >>>>> \033:wq! >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>> archives, please visit: >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Dave Parker >>> Utica College >>> Integrated Information Technology Services >>> (315) 792-3229 >>> Registered Linux User #408177 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
