I too had forks crashing, after i updated sourcemod and sourcebans and those kinds of things i didn't had any issues anymore..
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:50:34 +0200, "Ronny Schedel" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have reported this right after the last update two weeks ago. > Unfortunatly, I was the only one with this problem, so Valve decided to do > nothing. > > >> Still having this problem, and it seems that several other people are as >> well. When a fork crashes, its process becomes defunct and the only way >> I've found to fix this problem is to restart srcds. There's no debug >> log or core file generated when the crash happens as far as I can tell. >> >> I currently have one dead fork and one defunct process: >> >> $ ps -ef | grep defunct >> srcds 25157 6559 1 Aug17 pts/1 00:15:33 [srcds_i486] <defunct> >> >> Could we at least get an acknowledgment or status update on this from >> Valve? Pretty please? >> >> Thanks, >> Dave >> >> David Parker wrote: >>> Mine is a plain vanilla server. I haven't had all 6 forks die yet. >>> It's >>> always the first and third forks which stop responding, apparently at >>> the >>> same time, and I have to restart srcds to get them back. >>> >>> If there is a Valve person following this thread, I've looked through my >>> >>> logs but I have not yet found anything which indicates when or how these >>> >>> forks are crashing. If there is something specific I should be looking >>> for, please let me know. >>> >>> - Dave >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Eric-Jan Riemers <[email protected]> >>> Date: Friday, August 7, 2009 8:16 pm >>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] L4D forks keep crashing >>> To: 'Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list' >>> <[email protected]> >>> >>>> I run 6 forks, l4d.. had to restart all of them "defunct" >>>> >>>> Some days ago, I had 2 defunct, had to restart too. Started >>>> after the update >>>> too. >>>> >>>> Could be we have a sourcemod plugin which is giving issues, but >>>> if yours is >>>> vanilla I presume its something else. >>>> >>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >>>> Van: [email protected] >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Jay Deiman >>>> Verzonden: vrijdag 7 augustus 2009 21:09 >>>> Aan: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list >>>> Onderwerp: Re: [hlds_linux] L4D forks keep crashing >>>> >>>> David A. Parker wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I have a Left 4 Dead server running 6 forks. Since the >>>> update on July >>>>> 31, two of the six forks have crashed several times. >>>> Each time, the >>>>> forks stop responding to A2A_PING or A2S_INFO queries, and if >>>> I telnet >>>>> to their consoles using netcon, I can type but I get no >>>> response to >>>>> commands. However, the master console shows the forks as >>>> having players >>>>> on them, even though they are clearly not even running anymore. >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone else experienced this? >>>> Yep, same here. I have script that connects to the >>>> consoles to get user >>>> info via the rcon "status" command and it keeps failing until I >>>> restart >>>> the hlds. And yes, I think I started experiencing this >>>> around the exact >>>> same time. >>>> >>>> Jay >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jay Deiman >>>> >>>> \033:wq! >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> -- >> >> Dave Parker >> Utica College >> Integrated Information Technology Services >> (315) 792-3229 >> Registered Linux User #408177 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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

