Yes, I have tried removing the file completely. Also, after I edit the file to remove the extra characters, if I cat the file, it looks correct. As soon as I run the server and cat the file again, it once again has the ^...@. Seems pretty strange.
Shane Arnold wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
