This is about as frustrating as not having multi-threaded TF2 servers! On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 19:59 +0100, Saint K. wrote: > We've wrote a script now to check for faulty L4D2 processes. Once one is > detected it will send a kill -6. > > According to Milton this should produce a coredump, alltho I haven't been > able to find one yet in my L4D2 dir, and the logging shows at least 2 > instances where it occurred. > > So far we're still in the blind. > > Saint K. > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Smith > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 6:17 PM > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Crashing L4D2 fork killing entire machine > > Just wondering if anyone has tracked down a possible cause for this yet? Is > it related to setting sched_fifo? whenever this happens there seems to be no > logs and being locked out of ssh ive never seen what is actually happening. > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Vaughan Reid <vau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > SIGINT and SIGKILL are not commands, they are methods of killing processes > > used by programmers. > > > > Off the top of my head a SIGKILL can be done by using this command: > > kill -9 pid > > > > And a SIGINT is just a normal kill: > > kill pid > > > > Best to try and use the second one first as it will try to gracefully close > > the process. If that doesn't work try the first. pid is obviously the > > process id of the game server you are trying to get rid off. > > > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Saint K. <sai...@specialattack.net> > > wrote: > > > > > I just had another forked server goin mental on me. I tried the SIGKILL > > and > > > SIGINT commands but they don't work (command not found). Where am I > > suppose > > > to execute these commands? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: > > > hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Milton Ngan > > > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:39 AM > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Crashing L4D2 fork killing entire machine > > > > > > If you guys are running the servers with -debug (which doesn't currently > > do > > > anything useful in -fork mode) or crash dumps enabled you should send a > > > SIGABRT (-6) to the process to get it to dump a core file. It will also > > kill > > > the fork as well. SIGKILL should be used as a last resort if SIGINT > > > (standard kill) doesn't do anything. > > > > > > With regards to -debug and -fork, I have a Perl script that I run > > alongside > > > srcds_run to achieve desired behavior. I need to re-write this to be more > > > portable so that it can be shipped. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto: > > > hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of riemers > > > Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 11:49 AM > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Crashing L4D2 fork killing entire machine > > > > > > I've seen a process with 100% too, i've also seen a server which was full > > > for like 2 hours on the same map. > > > At that point i check it out, and it seemed the 4 survivor bots where > > > playing against the infected bots, over and over again. > > > > > > Somehow still pretty funny.. > > > > > > On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:13:44 +0100, Saint K. <sai...@specialattack.net> > > > wrote: > > > > I have had this issue twice up till now, and it's rather disturbing. > > > > > > > > What happened is that a L4D2 fork gets in a crashing mode of some kind > > > > where it continuously puts 100% CPU load on a single core. I've seen > > > these > > > > sort of crashes perhaps around 10 times so far. 8 times I've spotted it > > > > soon enough to kill -9 <pid> the process, and 2 times I've been too > > late > > > > and it been in such a state for several hours before it will entirely > > > kill > > > > off the machine. The machine will only reply to icmp and nothing else > > > (ssh, > > > > http, ftp, gameservers etc). > > > > > > > > This worries me a bit, because I do not have any reason to assume > > > > something is broken on OS or hardware level. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Saint K. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > > Version: 9.0.709 / Virus Database: 270.14.87/2534 - Release Date: > > 11/29/09 > > > 20:31:00 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.717 / Virus Database: 270.14.115/2577 - Release Date: 12/21/09 > 08:36:00 > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
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