Linux Server Woes

[dorkyboy]

Also posted this in the Linux Howto thread, but figured it might get noticed a bit quicker in it's own thread. Apologies for the hint of a double post.

 

Trying to run a Linux ded server on BSD. I've followed the install instrauctiona dna made some changes to config files etc after having a read here. I also noticed someone else a few pages down saying they had probs with BSD because of the emu installation but unfortunately, what the exact problems were he didn't say.

 

The hassle I've got is that after I enter the command line nothing happens. Nothing at all. No errors, no server, no nothing. Cursor drops down to the next line, and then nada.

 

As fas as I can see, the setup, install and config is all fine, so all I can think of are possibly permission problems on files or directories, maybe the server doesn't like being run from my user's home directory (I have root on the server, but it's not mine, so I don't like creating directories under /usr/local/games etc willy nilly) or maybe something to do with BSD.

 

I have the server in /home/dorkyboy/jk2 which I have set as a+x as are all the files in that directory including the base dir and any files in there. I've also tried chowning everything to root and chrgp to wheel because my Tribes 2 server didn't want to run before I did that, but it hasn't helped at all.

 

My config file follows:

 

<snip>

// Server Config

seta sv_hostname "AE Bubberdome Jedi Stylin'"

set g_motd "COMRADE BUBBER PITIES THE LAZY IMPERIALIST!"

rconPassword "password"

 

set sv_pure 1

set sv_maxclients 8

set g_inactivity 0

sv_maxRate 10000

set g_allowvote 1

set timelimit 20

set capturelimit 20

set g_autoMapCycle 1

 

map ffa_bespin

 

</snip>

 

So, anyone got any clues?

[MatrixCPA]

Could you put a copy of your command line/batch file or whatever you use to startup the server? Just at a glance, I prefer to put set, seta, or sets (depending on which cvar it is) before the cvar. I don't know if it would make any practical difference. Let's see the starup line first and go from there.

[Wintrmte]

What flavor of BSD? OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD?

 

I know that, on FreeBSD I had to make sure that

 

A) My linux compatibility files were installed (goto /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base && make install )

 

B) Go to the directory where you placed the jk2ded file, and run brandelf -t Linux jk2ded

 

From there, everything worked ok. One thing you might try doing, is when you execute the server, add in the +set net_ip <your ip address for the server> .. If you have multiple address' bound to the card, this might be causing some problems..