This tends to happen on doublecross a lot.  Complete lock up and 2 cores we
associated with srcds get saturated.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald <
voo...@voogru.com> wrote:

> It loops internally.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Allan Button
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:48 PM
> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 srcds infinite loops.
>
> Voogru,
>
> I am just curious, as I am using a custom script ( in php ) aswell. Do you
> run it on a crontab / windows sced, or does it loop internally?
>
> I am also seeing this huge time between maps. For me its about 30-45
> seconds. I thought it may have been with the tweaks ( not tf2 related ) I
> had done to my kernel, so I reverted them and it still does it.
>
> Allan 'MU¿D!CK' Button
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Spencer 'voogru'
> MacDonald
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:40 PM
> To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 srcds infinite loops.
>
> It's a custom command line PHP (hey it works!) script I wrote that just
> queries the server on 27015. When they time out it just restarts the
> service
> associated with the IP.
>
> - voogru.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
> [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Chris
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:32 PM
> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
> Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 srcds infinite loops.
>
> I have been experiencing this for a long long time. Similar to voogru it
> has
> been occuring 2-3 times per week. Occurs on both DODS and TF2 - so I assume
> this is an OB issue. I'm on windows too. Logs show it happening immediately
> after map change, while everyone is joining the game.
>
> Voogru, I'd be interested in the script you are using? Serverchecker
> doesn't
> seem to restart the servers when in this situation.
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Tony Paloma <drunkenf...@hotmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > None of my servers have hit an infinite loop since the war update. If
> it's
> > only a long temporary freeze you guys are getting then I'm not sure. I
> > haven't seen any temporary freezes, but I don't monitor 24/7.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
> > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Matt Stanton
> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:59 AM
> > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 srcds infinite loops.
> >
> > We've been having this issue on all four of our TF2 servers.  We haven't
> > really figured out what causes it.  Our first thought was that it is
> > related to the ctf_doublecross map, so we pulled it from our rotation on
> > the one server that used it.  The problem started to manifest in other
> > servers that weren't running doublecross, though.  At this point, we are
> > blaming it on the Equipment Manager sourcemod plugin.  Since removing
> > that plugin from our servers, they haven't been freezing.  We haven't
> > added doublecross back to the server it was being used on, yet, but I'm
> > really hoping that it's not the cause, since that map is extremely fun
> > to play.
> >
> > Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald wrote:
> > > I kind of noticed that, I have a script that restarts my server if it
> > does
> > > not respond to a query for roughly a minute. One time last night during
> a
> > > map change it did nearly get to restarting it (timed out 8 times,
> > restarts
> > > when it times out 10 times) before coming back to life.
> > >
> > > I remember looking at my HLSW at one point and saw 1 red mark (map
> > change)
> > > then a short time later seeing a large red block and it eventually
> coming
> > > back. I thought it crashed but when I did status the userids were too
> > high
> > > for it just restarting.
> > >
> > > I checked my logs and sure enough it timed out for about 40-45 seconds
> or
> > so
> > > shortly after the map change.
> > >
> > > I run srcds as a limited user and I'm wondering if that might have
> > anything
> > > to do with it.
> > >
> > > - voogru.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
> > > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Steven J.
> > > Sumichrast
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 8:22 AM
> > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
> > > Subject: Re: [hlds] TF2 srcds infinite loops.
> > >
> > > While I am running on Linux I've noticed the same thing. I've unloaded
> > > all plugins and still noticed that when a mapchange occurs it hangs at
> > > 100% for a long time. If I leave it alone it eventually will respond.
> > > However it's not quick enough and it always kills my server (in terms
> > > of players). It just recently started doing it. Combatted it by trying
> > > to not have the map change anymore.
> > >
> > > I had thought it was from the server flushing the logfile after being
> > > on a single map all day, but I disabled file logging and that didn't
> > > make a difference.
> > >
> > > Steven J. Sumichrast
> > >
> > > On Jan 14, 2010, at 7:08 AM, "Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald"
> > <voo...@voogru.com
> > >
> > >  > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Has anyone been experiencing an issue where their server will
> > >> experience an
> > >> infinite loop, since the patch yesterday these just got kicked into
> > >> high
> > >> gear, I used to get them maybe 2-3 times a week and I just now got
> > >> them
> > >> twice in 12 hours.
> > >>
> > >> The symptoms are very simple, the server changes map, is on the
> > >> changed map
> > >> for about 1-2 minutes, and then there is an infinite loop. CPU
> > >> spikes to
> > >> 100%, etc etc, the only reason why my server even restarts is
> > >> because of an
> > >> external process that ensures the server is alive without that my
> > >> server
> > >> would be down until I manually restart it.
> > >>
> > >> I have tried to rule out any plug-ins that may be causing them by
> > >> unloading
> > >> my plug-ins before the map changes with no dice.
> > >>
> > >> Server is Windows.
> > >>
> > >> - voogru.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> 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
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > 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
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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

Reply via email to