Try making it read only. :END
Typed and sent from my mobile. Sorry for the delayed reply an the typos. # For urgent response, please email [email protected] or call 905-524-2001 and press 1. On 2010-02-20, at 5:54 PM, "Aaron A. Maricic" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
