Re: [hlds_linux] Another bandwidth question

2004-09-05 Thread Mike Donahue
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- Laugh-out loud funny. Sorry. A 10 on the Unintentional Comedy scale. Bottom line - it all depends. You can put a BILLION slots on a server, and the T1 will support them, but there might be a wee bit of lag. ;) Also - I'm guessing that many folk

Re: [hlds_linux] signatures on emails to list

2004-09-05 Thread Maarten van der Zwaart
On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 14:04:57 -0700, Timothy Lynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's " --" and not simply "--" or "-- "? I had thought the space came afterward.. But what do I know? I'm running Windows :) Yes it is "-- ", unfortunately the list server seems to strip the space away, so mail clients canno

[hlds_linux] SRCdS crashes with coredump

2004-09-05 Thread Paul Wiegmans
Anyone knows an solution to my problem yet? This is a repost. Srcds keeps crashing when I try to start is. I have this problem since Linux Source HLDS version 5. Its now version 7. [EMAIL PROTECTED] srcds]$ ./cssrun Enabling debug mode Auto-restarting the server on crash Console initialized. Attem

RE: [hlds_linux] signatures on emails to list

2004-09-05 Thread Timothy Lynn
ScratchMonkey wrote: > Do put " --" (space-dash-dash) on the line above your sig so that > smart email clients can color the sig differently and remove it in > replies. This is really a newsgroup convention but some mail clients > honor it as well. It's " --" and not simply "--" or "-- "? I had th

Re: [hlds_linux] Another bandwidth question

2004-09-05 Thread Toker
nah, I'm one hop off of the internet backbone. And its a real T1, not any type of DSL. DSL is crap, no QOS at all. I'm guaranteed 5x 9s uptime, and less than 20ms spikes to the core. Nobody has ansered the question. Hardware aside, and hops from Tier 1 provider, how much kbps per player is rea

Re: [hlds_linux] Another bandwidth question

2004-09-05 Thread Toker
Thanks for the speach. I don't have the ability to keep adding slots. I need to purchase a pipe, and don't want to purchase more than I need. And yes, you are a troll. Thanks for the informative reply though. - Original Message - From: "Brad Schulteis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "HLDS" <[

Re: [hlds_linux] signatures on emails to list

2004-09-05 Thread Florian Zschocke
ScratchMonkey wrote: > > Do put " --" (space-dash-dash) on the line above your sig so that smart > email clients can color the sig differently and remove it in replies. This > is really a newsgroup convention but some mail clients honor it as well. It's "-- " (dash-dash-space), not " --". Florian

Re: [hlds_linux] signatures on emails to list

2004-09-05 Thread ScratchMonkey
--On Sunday, September 05, 2004 4:17 PM -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is it acceptable to leave an advert on my sig line - i get tired of deleting it lol - its for dedicated servers As a rule of thumb I'd say it's acceptable if it's 4 lines or less, whether or not it's going to a list. (It should

[hlds_linux] signatures on emails to list

2004-09-05 Thread admin
is it acceptable to leave an advert on my sig line - i get tired of deleting it lol - its for dedicated servers ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds

RE: [hlds_linux] Another bandwidth question

2004-09-05 Thread richy
This is not an easy question to answer as there isn't really an answer. "IT DEPENDS" It depends on lots of factors, 1. Server speed (Sys_ticrate) 2. Server rates 3. Client rates 4. Server size 5. any other services on that line throughput on 1.5mb = 180kb (Approx, more of a guess tbh) some lowe

RE: [hlds_linux] starting servers up

2004-09-05 Thread ScratchMonkey
--On Sunday, September 05, 2004 3:42 PM -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you could set the shutdown action to do su -l username1 screen -X quit if you want but I just let em die (lazy way lol) Does your stock shutdown system send SIGTERM first, then SIGKILL? Otherwise the game won't have a chance to

RE: [hlds_linux] starting servers up

2004-09-05 Thread admin
I start mine at boot. create a script to run that does this... (I used webmin startup/shutdown section to do this on Redhat ES) su -l username1 ./start_server su -l username2 ./start_server etc you could set the shutdown action to do su -l username1 screen -X quit if you want but I just let em d

RE: [hlds_linux] Another bandwidth question

2004-09-05 Thread admin
Realistically I would say about 2 (maybe 3, maybe) 16 slot pubs on each cpu there. As the slots count up the cpu usage goes up more and more. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Toker Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [hlds_linux] starting servers up

2004-09-05 Thread ScratchMonkey
--On Sunday, September 05, 2004 11:29 AM -0700 James Bowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Like right now, I personally login to each client that I have on a server and run their startup script that I created for them specifically. I just want to know if people are starting these at boot or what... I

[hlds_linux] Hijacking threads (was: Another bandwidth question)

2004-09-05 Thread ScratchMonkey
--On Sunday, September 05, 2004 2:20 PM -0400 Toker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [hlds_linux] Another bandwidth question See that References header? That's used by mail clients to figure out how to display threads. When you reply to an e

Re: [hlds_linux] Another bandwidth question

2004-09-05 Thread Brad Schulteis
Not to be a troll, but if you "watch this list carefully" you would already know the answer to this question which is: it depends. You would also know that hitting REPLY to post a NEW topic is bad. And I hope you know that there is no such thing as a 128 person CS server. To get more to the root of

Re: [hlds_linux] Another bandwidth question

2004-09-05 Thread Bruce Haas
As far as bandwidth is concerned you should be able to host 40 - 45 players on that I would think. Not sure about the hardware though. Cheers On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 14:20:22 -0400, Toker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, so I have been researching and researching more Everyone says > something

RE: [hlds_linux] starting servers up

2004-09-05 Thread James Bowling
Thanks for that...yet, I didn't need that. I know what screen is and why it is used...I am just wondering if others have any different ways of starting them, i.e. as the client or as themselves or whatever...Like right now, I personally login to each client that I have on a server and run their st

[hlds_linux] Another bandwidth question

2004-09-05 Thread Toker
Ok, so I have been researching and researching more Everyone says something different. I would like to know from this list, since there are some pretty bright people, on a T1, how many slots can you have on your server. The server is a dual 1.8ghz Xeon, with 2 gig of ram. Mod is CS 1.6. I

RE: [hlds_linux] starting servers up

2004-09-05 Thread ScratchMonkey
--On Sunday, September 05, 2004 8:59 AM -0700 James Bowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That is how I am starting them, but like you, I wonder if there are better ways for me to do this... screen is used because of the dedicated server's interactive text console. That dates back to the days when Id

Re: [hlds_linux] HLDS in a chroot jail

2004-09-05 Thread Tomáš Janoušek
Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 08:38:21PM -0600 Floop napsal: > I'm trying to set up HLDS to run in a chroot jail. Can someone tell me > exactly what files HLDS requires to be copied into the chroot jail? I think > I've got *most* of the /lib and /bin files as the server will start up now > and run steam to

RE: [hlds_linux] starting servers up

2004-09-05 Thread James Bowling
That is how I am starting them, but like you, I wonder if there are better ways for me to do this... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 8:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [hlds_linux] star

[hlds_linux] starting servers up

2004-09-05 Thread admin
Ive seen some scripts before to start servers but I have been using screen forever and a day. Is this the best way of doing it? Is it more resource intensive to run them this way? Just wondering... ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or vie