Use changelevel, not map. Using map basically restarts the server.
On 6/26/2010 1:42 PM, David Parker wrote:
> A new development. For the last few days, I wasn't able to establish a
> client connection to my server at all after it started up. A connection
> would always either crash the client or crash the server immediately.
> However, I just restarted my server for the billionth time, and this time I
> was able to find it in the master list and connect to it just fine. I ran
> around the map for a little while with no problems.
>
> A map change on the console is what always causes the server to lock up for 5
> minutes and then give the Steam support library error, so I decided to try it
> from the client and see what happened. I attempted to change the map via
> rcon ("rcon map de_dust2") and it did the same thing, and my client
> immediately got disconnected from the server with the error "Disconnect:
> Server shutting down."
>
> Unless some miracle patch comes out, I think my days of running a CS:S server
> might be over, because this update done broke it but good. :-(
>
> - Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Parker<dpar...@utica.edu>
> Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010 9:06 am
> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam support library problem
> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing
> list<hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com>
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Yes, I did copy the server config from my old CS:S directory
>> into this one. Except for the server.cfg and motd.txt files, it
>> is a completely default install.
>>
>> Start-up command line is the same as I was using for CS:S before
>> the update:
>>
>> ./srcds_run -game cstrike +ip 72.237.4.31 -port 27015
>> +maxplayers 16 +map de_dust +sv_lan 0 -autoupdate -debug
>>
>> I don't think it's a permissions problem because the srcds user
>> owns the install directory (/usr/local/srcds_2) and all of the
>> files and directories under it.
>>
>> I also disabled the iptables firewall on the box temporarily
>> because it was mentioned before that this could be caused by a
>> connectivity problem with Valve's servers, but that did not seem
>> to help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: clad iron<cladi...@gmail.com>
>> Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010 6:06 am
>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam support library problem
>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
>> <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com>
>>
>>>> *********************************************************
>>>> * Unable to load Steam
>>>>
>>> support library.*
>>>
>>>> * This server will operate
>>>>
>>> in LAN mode only.*
>>>
>>>> *********************************************************
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This makes me think it's a permissions issue, or a corrupt
>>>
>> file
>>
>>> but you said
>>> you reinstalled.
>>>
>>>
>>> As for
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to update local
>>>>>> steamclient.dll. Continuing with current version anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>> I have seen that numerous times on our tf2 servers, but they
>>> don't seem to
>>> cause any problems.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 2:39 AM, bl4nk<bl4n...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> What command line params are you using to start up your server?
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPod
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 26, 2010, at 12:37 AM, tom nikitopoulos
>>>>
>>> <screwtop...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> but did u put a server config in the install?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:06 PM, David Parker
>>>>>
>>> <dpar...@utica.edu>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, but that doesn't seem to be the problem. This
>>>>>>
>>> is just plain
>>>
>>>>>> crazy. I rebooted the box (to make sure there are no
>>>>>>
>>> weird ghost
>>>
>>>> processes
>>>>
>>>>>> running, although there did not seem to be before).
>>>>>>
>>> Then I created a
>>>
>>>> whole
>>>>
>>>>>> new directory and did a full, clean install of CS:S into
>>>>>>
>>> the new
>>>
>>>> directory
>>>>
>>>>>> from Steam. Now, the CS:S server appears to start up
>>>>>>
>>> just fine, but it
>>>
>>>>>> crashes if someone connects to it. If I start up the
>>>>>>
>>> server and then
>>>
>>>> change
>>>>
>>>>>> the map using "map de_dust2" (or any other map name) in
>>>>>>
>> the
>>
>>> console, the
>>>
>>>> new
>>>>
>>>>>> map loads, but then the server hangs for about 5 minutes
>>>>>>
>>> after this
>>>
>>>> message
>>>>
>>>>>> is printed:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to update local
>>>>>> steamclient.dll. Continuing with current version anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> During this time, I cannot type anything on the console,
>>>>>>
>>> and the server
>>>
>>>>>> stops responding to A2S_INFO and other queries. After
>>>>>>
>>> about five
>>>
>>>> minutes,
>>>>
>>>>>> it spits this message out to the console and then seems
>>>>>>
>> to
>>
>>> be fine,
>>>
>>>> except
>>>>
>>>>>> that no one can join it:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *********************************************************
>>>>>> * Unable to load Steam
>>>>>>
>>> support library.*
>>>
>>>>>> * This server will
>>>>>>
>>> operate in LAN mode only.*
>>>
>>>>>> *********************************************************
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Again, this is a clean CS:S install, but this is the
>>>>>>
>> third
>>
>>> install of
>>>
>>>> CS:S
>>>>
>>>>>> on this box which has had this problem. I never had
>>>>>>
>>> any problems with
>>>
>>>> CS:S
>>>>
>>>>>> on this box up until the last update. The box is also
>>>>>>
>>> running servers
>>>
>>>> for
>>>>
>>>>>> TF2, CS 1.6, and CS:CZ and those seem to be running just fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The OS is Debian Lenny 64-bit, up-to-date.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm at a total loss.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Dave
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: tom nikitopoulos<screwtop...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> Date: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:51 pm
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam support library problem
>>>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list<
>>>>>> hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thats a "error" given when server is quit isn't it?
>>>>>>> maybe a server running in background?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:56 PM, David A. Parker
>>>>>>> <dpar...@utica.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm still getting the "Unable to load Steam support library"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> error on
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> startup. I am not running any plugins and I disabled
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SourceTV, but the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> problem persists. I've been running an update with -
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> verify_all several
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> times each day, but it always says that the
>>>>>>>>
>> installation
>>
>>> is up-
>>>
>>>>>>> to-date
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> so it does not appear that anything in my installation
>>>>>>>>
>> is
>>
>>> corrupted.> >>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone have any ideas? Any help at all would be greatly
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> appreciated.>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> oGre wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I got that error last week when the Valve servers were
>>>>>>>>>
>>> overloaded.> >>>>> This was a TF2 server instance. I checked
>>>
>> the
>>
>>> binaries> >>> manually and
>>>
>>>>>>>>> moved some from a functioning installation while
>>>>>>>>>
>> waiting for
>>
>>>>>>> Valve to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> fix their update servers.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The files that got corrupt were in the orangebox/bin
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> directory, namely
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> steamclient.so and libsteam_api.so.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2010/6/24 David Parker<dpar...@utica.edu>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry for the flurry of e-mails today. Hopefully I'll
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> get these issues
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> straightened out soon and everything will work again.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I just did a clean install of CS:S. It's a vanilla
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> server with SourceTV
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> enabled and no plugins or addons. The server starts up
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> just fine, but then
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I get this on the console:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *********************************************************
>>>>>>>>>> * Unable to load Steam
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> support library.*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> * This server will
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> operate in LAN mode only.*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *********************************************************
>>>>>>>>>> maxplayers set to 17 (extra slot was added for SourceTV)
>>>>>>>>>> Server logging enabled.
>>>>>>>>>> L 06/23/2010 - 20:59:00: Log file closed
>>>>>>>>>> Server logging data to file
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /usr/local/srcds_1/cstrike/logs/L0623002.log> >> L
>>>>>>>
>>> 06/23/2010 -
>>>
>>>>>>> 20:59:00: Log file started (file
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "/usr/local/srcds_1/cstrike/logs/L0623002.log") (game
>>>>>>>> "/usr/local/srcds_2/orangebox/cstrike") (version "4234")
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> exec banned_user.cfg: file size larger than 1 MB!
>>>>>>>>>> exec banned_ip.cfg: file size larger than 1 MB!
>>>>>>>>>> Writing cfg/banned_user.cfg.
>>>>>>>>>> Writing cfg/banned_ip.cfg.
>>>>>>>>>> Unable to load Steam library.
>>>>>>>>>> L 06/23/2010 - 20:59:00: World triggered "Round_Start"
>>>>>>>>>> SourceTV broadcast active.
>>>>>>>>>> L 06/23/2010 - 20:59:06: World triggered "Round_Start"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Restarted the server a few times, but it happens
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> consistently. Any
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ideas?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>>>>
>
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