Is it possible you have a security breech and someone/process is altering the files? You can verify the files are changing by taking a snapshot of their MD5 signatures after a fresh download. As soon as you get the error, run the snapshot again and see if the files have actually changed.
This wont tell you who/what changed the files, but it will confirm if they have actually changed. There are other options to track down who/what is changing things... The other recommendations to check hardware are all well advised and you should eliminate obvious hardware problems before looking for spooky stuff. Hope this helps. Chorizo Omelet -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 1:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [hlds] Map Differs Offer The Famous "Your Map de_dust differs from the server" ERROR. It happens with all stock or at one time or another any custom map we run in no recognizable pattern. We have had this annoying problem for a long long time on 2 1U box's we use to run CSS, DOD and CS servers on. I do not know if its a Steam issue or a OS issue of some sort. This has nothing to do with the client side files, FTP programs or the Bz2 files hosted for downloading on a separate website so please do not even bring it up. We have a fresh install of Server 2000 as a set of new HD`s were just added. All the server files were downloaded directly from Steam with the hldsupdatetool and a NEW "STOCK" Source server was setup and running. There was no FTP program installed or used for these files. We decide to test the server with the stock install as we hoped we had corrected the issue on this box, but it was not running more than 5 hours when we started getting "Your Map any_stockmap differs from the server" Out of the 17 Stock maps 8 of them were then updated by hldsupdatetool with "update -game "Counter-Strike Source" -dir D:\CSS\AnB -verify_all -retry" command to fix the problem as we have done this so many times before. On Custom Map differs we delete and upload to the server again. This can happen on a daily basis to any maps or just the same one for a while and some times can go a week or so with out happening. At about 6:30 pm this evening on the last differ of "de_dust" we deleted a members client gfc content and then updated, connected to the server and still had a differ problem. I do not know if it`s an issue with our 1U`s as they were identical up to the fresh OS install and adding new HD`s to 1 of them. Both have Dual 2400`s Tyan Mobos, 2 GB ECC ram and run Server 2000 1 has Dual 7200RPM IDE 1 has Dual 10000RPM SATA I am hoping someone you has had this same problem will be able to provide a definitive answer for this so I am offering a finders fee of $50.00 dollars sent via PayPal or Western Union to the first person who supply's me with a solution on how to fix this very annoying problem. I will consider it money well spent! I have gone thru a good number of Search topics to know we are not the only server with this problem and as I am not a subscriber to the Linux list I do not know if they also have "map differs" issue`s. If they do not suffer from these same problems a change of OS may have to be considered. If you just have a Smart Ass Comment/Suggestion or just want to bash Steam PLEASE do not reply. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
