Have you tried removing the file altogether and creating a new one/trying again? What happens if you use another editor? You can't just "delete" the ^@ as they are a part of the file encoding, so if you don't change the encoding format they will just return after you save it ;)
On 21/02/2010 1:18 AM, Aaron A. Maricic wrote: > Every time I start the server, steam_appid.txt ends up with the ^@ in > it... even if I've edited the file with nano to remove those extra > characters. Any ideas as to why that would be happening? Does it pull > the appid from a different config file somewhere? > > Thanks. > > Shane Arnold wrote: > >> Validation rejections occur when the versions are mismatched between >> client and server. Delete your steam.inf and steam_appid.txt and run a >> verify_all to fix. Having ^@ just means you saved it with the wrong >> encoding. All file edits for Linux server should be done preferably with >> a text editor that conserves encoding (protip, notepad converts to DOS >> encoding which will break things). >> >> On 29/01/2010 12:15 PM, Aaron A. Maricic wrote: >> >> >>> I am having the exact same problem. My steam_appid.txt has the following >>> in it: >>> >>> 550^@ >>> >>> Seems a bit strange with the ^@ ... should that be there? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> David Banham wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi guys, >>>> >>>> None of my L4D2 servers are getting any traffic and I'm seeing the >>>> following >>>> error: >>>> >>>> RejectConnection: [various IPs go here] - STEAM validation rejected >>>> >>>> I can't find any information on what could be causing this apart from a >>>> problem with steam_appid.txt. Mine is currently set at 550, which is as it >>>> should be for Australia. >>>> >>>> Can anyone point me in the right direction? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> David Banham. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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
