Hello, The big thing was the linux kernel build, the 7-1-PRERELEASE fixes some networking bugs which can be also patched in earliers version by using some..patches (doh).
Herk. On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:04:29 -0600, Joseph Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, was the big thing just to upgrade to 7.1-prerelease? Or was the > port version of the gentoo build also part of the problem? > > Everything else you've mentioned seems to be simply what you'd need to > go through just to get the sucker to run in the first place. > > -Joe > > On Nov 20, 2008, at 6:59 AM, kama wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I have now healthy servers again on FreeBSD without crashes. The >> testserver, where I dont restart hlds every morning, have over 24 >> hours of >> uptime. >> >> This are the steps I have done. Upgrade to FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE. >> Use the >> 2.6.16 kernel linux ABI instead of the default 2.4.2 kernel linux >> ABI. Use >> an more up-to-date version of linux_base. I use gentoo 2008.0, I >> prefer it >> over fedora8, due to the amount of dependencies that are needed. I >> have not tested to see if fedora8 works. >> >> Since I had several servers running hlds, I wrote up a install >> script that >> configure, fetches, unpack and setup the linux_base. >> >> I have the script available here: >> ftp://fa1.pvp.se/freebsd/install_gentoo_2008_2.6.16.bash >> ftp://fa2.pvp.se/freebsd/install_gentoo_2008_2.6.16.bash >> >> The script does more or less what the port does. I started to >> rewrite the >> Makefile to update the port, but it took longer than write this script >> since I am not familiar to write the Makefiles for ports. >> >> Just run the script after you have updated FreeBSD and removed the old >> linux_base. >> >> On top of not getting the server to crash, the server seems to run >> more >> smoothly. Like less choke. >> >> Enjoy! >> >> /Bjorn >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
