[hlds_linux] 1/3 of l4d2 servers broken after update 7/21
Hello everyone, After the update about 1/3 of my l4d2 servers crash on start. I've removed the addons folder completely, removed the server.cfg and am launching the game manually on the servers that refuse to start and the output im receiving is: ./srcds_run -console +ip iphere +port 27015 -game left4dead2 -debug WARNING: No map specified! Defaulting to c1m1_hotel Enabling debug mode Server will auto-restart if there is a crash. Running a benchmark to measure system clock frequency... Finished RDTSC test. To prevent the startup delay from this benchmark, set the environment variable RDTSC_FREQUENCY to 2493.00 on this system. This value is dependent upon the CPU clock speed and architecture and should be determined separately for each server. The use of this mechanism for timing can be disabled by setting RDTSC_FREQUENCY to 'disabled'. # #Console initialized. #Game.dll loaded for Left 4 Dead 2 #CMatchExtL4D: Unabled to load game modes from scripts/gamemodes.txt. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign1.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign2.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign3.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign4.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign5.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign6.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/credits.txt is malformed, failed to parse. Server is hibernating ConVarRef test_progression_loop doesn't point to an existing ConVar [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to locate a running instance of Steam, or a local steamclient.dll. Invalid mp_gamemode value 'coop', keeping old value 'coop'. Parent cvar in server.dll not allowed (spit_scaling_min_scale) PARTICLE SYSTEM: Unable to load manifest file 'particles/particles_manifest.txt' Unable to load manifest file 'scripts/surfaceproperties_manifest.txt' Unable to load manifest file 'scripts/surfaceproperties_manifest.txt' cat: hlds.9717.pid: No such file or directory email debug.log to li...@valvesoftware.com Wed Jul 21 16:14:59 CDT 2010: Server restart in 10 seconds Wed Jul 21 16:15:01 CDT 2010: Server Quit These are all amd64 debian lenny systems. I've come to the conclusion it must be that some modified base file is causing the problems due to the fact that other servers on the same machine are running just fine, however im completely out of ideas. Has anyone else experienced this behavior? Thanks for any help! ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
Re: [hlds_linux] 1/3 of l4d2 servers broken after update 7/21
Wow, i just realized every server that wont start has a username with a capital letter in it. For example the server owned by kelly23 starts up fine, but Bob13 crashes on start. This is happening without exception, any user that starts with a capitol letter the server refuses to start. I sincerely hope this can be fixed asap its going to be a nightmare recreating all these users otherwise. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Joshua Smith bgcl...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, After the update about 1/3 of my l4d2 servers crash on start. I've removed the addons folder completely, removed the server.cfg and am launching the game manually on the servers that refuse to start and the output im receiving is: ./srcds_run -console +ip iphere +port 27015 -game left4dead2 -debug WARNING: No map specified! Defaulting to c1m1_hotel Enabling debug mode Server will auto-restart if there is a crash. Running a benchmark to measure system clock frequency... Finished RDTSC test. To prevent the startup delay from this benchmark, set the environment variable RDTSC_FREQUENCY to 2493.00 on this system. This value is dependent upon the CPU clock speed and architecture and should be determined separately for each server. The use of this mechanism for timing can be disabled by setting RDTSC_FREQUENCY to 'disabled'. # #Console initialized. #Game.dll loaded for Left 4 Dead 2 #CMatchExtL4D: Unabled to load game modes from scripts/gamemodes.txt. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign1.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign2.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign3.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign4.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign5.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/campaign6.txt is malformed, failed to parse. #MissionManager: Mission file missions/credits.txt is malformed, failed to parse. Server is hibernating ConVarRef test_progression_loop doesn't point to an existing ConVar [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to locate a running instance of Steam, or a local steamclient.dll. Invalid mp_gamemode value 'coop', keeping old value 'coop'. Parent cvar in server.dll not allowed (spit_scaling_min_scale) PARTICLE SYSTEM: Unable to load manifest file 'particles/particles_manifest.txt' Unable to load manifest file 'scripts/surfaceproperties_manifest.txt' Unable to load manifest file 'scripts/surfaceproperties_manifest.txt' cat: hlds.9717.pid: No such file or directory email debug.log to li...@valvesoftware.com Wed Jul 21 16:14:59 CDT 2010: Server restart in 10 seconds Wed Jul 21 16:15:01 CDT 2010: Server Quit These are all amd64 debian lenny systems. I've come to the conclusion it must be that some modified base file is causing the problems due to the fact that other servers on the same machine are running just fine, however im completely out of ideas. Has anyone else experienced this behavior? Thanks for any help! ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
Re: [hlds_linux] 1/3 of l4d2 servers broken after update 7/21
Il 21/07/2010 23:19, Joshua Smith ha scritto: Hello everyone, After the update about 1/3 of my l4d2 servers crash on start. I've removed the addons folder completely, removed the server.cfg and am launching the game manually on the servers that refuse to start and the output im receiving is: [snip] These are all amd64 debian lenny systems. I've come to the conclusion it must be that some modified base file is causing the problems due to the fact that other servers on the same machine are running just fine, however im completely out of ideas. Has anyone else experienced this behavior? Thanks for any help! I have the same system setup you describe but didn't have any trouble with my forks, even sourcemod is running fine. Did you try running an update with -verify_all ? Seems like lately the steam client has the bad habit of not fully downloading the updates. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
Re: [hlds_linux] 1/3 of l4d2 servers broken after update 7/21
What do you mean by username there Joshua? Regards Steve - Original Message - From: Joshua Smith bgcl...@gmail.com Wow, i just realized every server that wont start has a username with a capital letter in it. For example the server owned by kelly23 starts up fine, but Bob13 crashes on start. This is happening without exception, any user that starts with a capitol letter the server refuses to start. I sincerely hope this can be fixed asap its going to be a nightmare recreating all these users otherwise. This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmas...@multiplay.co.uk. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
Re: [hlds_linux] 1/3 of l4d2 servers broken after update 7/21
Steven, By username I mean a linux username for a linux user. If I try to run the server as a user with the first letter of the username capitalized the server crashes. However if I then change that user's username and switch to that user and attempt to launch the server again it works fine. For example, if I have a user Robin whose l4d2 server is crashing, and I change his username to robin and switch ownership of all of Robin files to robin (so we are dealing with exactly the same files and directory structure in both cases) then robin is able to start a l4d2 server just fine. This is regardless of if the server is vanilla (fresh download from steam even), or has mods. I have done this serveral times on different machines to the same effect. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Steven Hartland kill...@multiplay.co.ukwrote: What do you mean by username there Joshua? Regards Steve - Original Message - From: Joshua Smith bgcl...@gmail.com Wow, i just realized every server that wont start has a username with a capital letter in it. For example the server owned by kelly23 starts up fine, but Bob13 crashes on start. This is happening without exception, any user that starts with a capitol letter the server refuses to start. I sincerely hope this can be fixed asap its going to be a nightmare recreating all these users otherwise. This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmas...@multiplay.co.uk. ___ 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
Re: [hlds_linux] 1/3 of l4d2 servers broken after update 7/21
Just out of curiosity, which Linux distro are you running that you can use mixed case in the username? On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Joshua Smith bgcl...@gmail.com wrote: Steven, By username I mean a linux username for a linux user. If I try to run the server as a user with the first letter of the username capitalized the server crashes. However if I then change that user's username and switch to that user and attempt to launch the server again it works fine. For example, if I have a user Robin whose l4d2 server is crashing, and I change his username to robin and switch ownership of all of Robin files to robin (so we are dealing with exactly the same files and directory structure in both cases) then robin is able to start a l4d2 server just fine. This is regardless of if the server is vanilla (fresh download from steam even), or has mods. I have done this serveral times on different machines to the same effect. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Steven Hartland kill...@multiplay.co.uk wrote: What do you mean by username there Joshua? Regards Steve - Original Message - From: Joshua Smith bgcl...@gmail.com Wow, i just realized every server that wont start has a username with a capital letter in it. For example the server owned by kelly23 starts up fine, but Bob13 crashes on start. This is happening without exception, any user that starts with a capitol letter the server refuses to start. I sincerely hope this can be fixed asap its going to be a nightmare recreating all these users otherwise. This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmas...@multiplay.co.uk. ___ 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
Re: [hlds_linux] 1/3 of l4d2 servers broken after update 7/21
Ben, I'm running debian lenny amd64, i mentioned it towards the bottom of the first post but it was easy to overlook. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Ben Mendis dragonwis...@gmail.com wrote: Just out of curiosity, which Linux distro are you running that you can use mixed case in the username? On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Joshua Smith bgcl...@gmail.com wrote: Steven, By username I mean a linux username for a linux user. If I try to run the server as a user with the first letter of the username capitalized the server crashes. However if I then change that user's username and switch to that user and attempt to launch the server again it works fine. For example, if I have a user Robin whose l4d2 server is crashing, and I change his username to robin and switch ownership of all of Robin files to robin (so we are dealing with exactly the same files and directory structure in both cases) then robin is able to start a l4d2 server just fine. This is regardless of if the server is vanilla (fresh download from steam even), or has mods. I have done this serveral times on different machines to the same effect. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Steven Hartland kill...@multiplay.co.uk wrote: What do you mean by username there Joshua? Regards Steve - Original Message - From: Joshua Smith bgcl...@gmail.com Wow, i just realized every server that wont start has a username with a capital letter in it. For example the server owned by kelly23 starts up fine, but Bob13 crashes on start. This is happening without exception, any user that starts with a capitol letter the server refuses to start. I sincerely hope this can be fixed asap its going to be a nightmare recreating all these users otherwise. This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmas...@multiplay.co.uk. ___ 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
Re: [hlds_linux] 1/3 of l4d2 servers broken after update 7/21
Home-directory stays the same? (with capital letter)? Il 21/07/2010 23:59, Joshua Smith ha scritto: Steven, By username I mean a linux username for a linux user. If I try to run the server as a user with the first letter of the username capitalized the server crashes. However if I then change that user's username and switch to that user and attempt to launch the server again it works fine. For example, if I have a user Robin whose l4d2 server is crashing, and I change his username to robin and switch ownership of all of Robin files to robin (so we are dealing with exactly the same files and directory structure in both cases) then robin is able to start a l4d2 server just fine. This is regardless of if the server is vanilla (fresh download from steam even), or has mods. I have done this serveral times on different machines to the same effect. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Steven Hartlandkill...@multiplay.co.ukwrote: What do you mean by username there Joshua? Regards Steve - Original Message - From: Joshua Smithbgcl...@gmail.com Wow, i just realized every server that wont start has a username with a capital letter in it. For example the server owned by kelly23 starts up fine, but Bob13 crashes on start. This is happening without exception, any user that starts with a capitol letter the server refuses to start. I sincerely hope this can be fixed asap its going to be a nightmare recreating all these users otherwise. This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmas...@multiplay.co.uk. ___ 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
Re: [hlds_linux] 1/3 of l4d2 servers broken after update 7/21
Ah, I was under the impression that *nix user names were limited to lowercase letters. But after some research it appears that it is only limited by convention on a number of systems, the Single UNIX Specification allows the use of both upper and lower case in the user name. I'm trying to research the origin and purpose of the lowercase convention, but so far I've come up with nothing saying that it *shouldn't* be supported on a modern *nix system. That said, there were a number of people reporting that mixed case user names cause unexpected behavior with some applications. Especially since your servers apparently worked prior to the update, this looks like a regression and I hope the devs fix it. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Joshua Smith bgcl...@gmail.com wrote: Ben, I'm running debian lenny amd64, i mentioned it towards the bottom of the first post but it was easy to overlook. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Ben Mendis dragonwis...@gmail.com wrote: Just out of curiosity, which Linux distro are you running that you can use mixed case in the username? On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Joshua Smith bgcl...@gmail.com wrote: Steven, By username I mean a linux username for a linux user. If I try to run the server as a user with the first letter of the username capitalized the server crashes. However if I then change that user's username and switch to that user and attempt to launch the server again it works fine. For example, if I have a user Robin whose l4d2 server is crashing, and I change his username to robin and switch ownership of all of Robin files to robin (so we are dealing with exactly the same files and directory structure in both cases) then robin is able to start a l4d2 server just fine. This is regardless of if the server is vanilla (fresh download from steam even), or has mods. I have done this serveral times on different machines to the same effect. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Steven Hartland kill...@multiplay.co.uk wrote: What do you mean by username there Joshua? Regards Steve - Original Message - From: Joshua Smith bgcl...@gmail.com Wow, i just realized every server that wont start has a username with a capital letter in it. For example the server owned by kelly23 starts up fine, but Bob13 crashes on start. This is happening without exception, any user that starts with a capitol letter the server refuses to start. I sincerely hope this can be fixed asap its going to be a nightmare recreating all these users otherwise. This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmas...@multiplay.co.uk. ___ 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 ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
Re: [hlds_linux] 1/3 of l4d2 servers broken after update 7/21
Ooo now that is interesting. Sounds like windows case sensitivity fix gone wrong. Regards Steve - Original Message - From: Joshua Smith bgcl...@gmail.com Steven, By username I mean a linux username for a linux user. If I try to run the server as a user with the first letter of the username capitalized the server crashes. However if I then change that user's username and switch to that user and attempt to launch the server again it works fine. For example, if I have a user Robin whose l4d2 server is crashing, and I change his username to robin and switch ownership of all of Robin files to robin (so we are dealing with exactly the same files and directory structure in both cases) then robin is able to start a l4d2 server just fine. This is regardless of if the server is vanilla (fresh download from steam even), or has mods. I have done this serveral times on different machines to the same effect. This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmas...@multiplay.co.uk. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
