Map command restarts server. Use changelevel.

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On Jun 26, 2010, at 4:42 PM, "David Parker" <[email protected]> wrote:

> A new development.  For the last few days, I wasn't able to  
> establish a client connection to my server at all after it started  
> up.  A connection would always either crash the client or crash the  
> server immediately.  However, I just restarted my server for the  
> billionth time, and this time I was able to find it in the master  
> list and connect to it just fine.  I ran around the map for a little  
> while with no problems.
>
> A map change on the console is what always causes the server to lock  
> up for 5 minutes and then give the Steam support library error, so I  
> decided to try it from the client and see what happened.  I  
> attempted to change the map via rcon ("rcon map de_dust2") and it  
> did the same thing, and my client immediately got disconnected from  
> the server with the error "Disconnect: Server shutting down."
>
> Unless some miracle patch comes out, I think my days of running a  
> CS:S server might be over, because this update done broke it but  
> good.  :-(
>
>     - Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Parker <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010 9:06 am
> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam support library problem
> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list 
> <[email protected] 
> >
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Yes, I did copy the server config from my old CS:S directory
>> into this one.  Except for the server.cfg and motd.txt files, it
>> is a completely default install.
>>
>> Start-up command line is the same as I was using for CS:S before
>> the update:
>>
>> ./srcds_run -game cstrike +ip 72.237.4.31 -port 27015
>> +maxplayers 16 +map de_dust +sv_lan 0 -autoupdate -debug
>>
>> I don't think it's a permissions problem because the srcds user
>> owns the install directory (/usr/local/srcds_2) and all of the
>> files and directories under it.
>>
>> I also disabled the iptables firewall on the box temporarily
>> because it was mentioned before that this could be caused by a
>> connectivity problem with Valve's servers, but that did not seem
>> to help.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     Dave
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: clad iron <[email protected]>
>> Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010 6:06 am
>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam support library problem
>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list
>> <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>> *********************************************************
>>>> *       Unable to load Steam
>>> support library.*
>>>> *       This server will operate
>>> in LAN mode only.*
>>>> *********************************************************
>>>>
>>>
>>> This makes me think it's a permissions issue, or a corrupt
>> file
>>> but you said
>>> you reinstalled.
>>>
>>>
>>> As for
>>>
>>>>>> [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to update local
>>>>>> steamclient.dll. Continuing with current version anyway.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have seen that numerous times on our tf2 servers, but they
>>> don't seem to
>>> cause any problems.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 2:39 AM, bl4nk <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What command line params are you using to start up your server?
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPod
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 26, 2010, at 12:37 AM, tom nikitopoulos
>>> <[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> but did u put a server config in the install?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:06 PM, David Parker
>>> <[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, but that doesn't seem to be the problem.  This
>>> is just plain
>>>>>> crazy.  I rebooted the box (to make sure there are no
>>> weird ghost
>>>> processes
>>>>>> running, although there did not seem to be before).
>>> Then I created a
>>>> whole
>>>>>> new directory and did a full, clean install of CS:S into
>>> the new
>>>> directory
>>>>>> from Steam.  Now, the CS:S server appears to start up
>>> just fine, but it
>>>>>> crashes if someone connects to it.  If I start up the
>>> server and then
>>>> change
>>>>>> the map using "map de_dust2" (or any other map name) in
>> the
>>> console, the
>>>> new
>>>>>> map loads, but then the server hangs for about 5 minutes
>>> after this
>>>> message
>>>>>> is printed:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [S_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to update local
>>>>>> steamclient.dll. Continuing with current version anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> During this time, I cannot type anything on the console,
>>> and the server
>>>>>> stops responding to A2S_INFO and other queries.  After
>>> about five
>>>> minutes,
>>>>>> it spits this message out to the console and then seems
>> to
>>> be fine,
>>>> except
>>>>>> that no one can join it:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *********************************************************
>>>>>> *       Unable to load Steam
>>> support library.*
>>>>>> *       This server will
>>> operate in LAN mode only.*
>>>>>> *********************************************************
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Again, this is a clean CS:S install, but this is the
>> third
>>> install of
>>>> CS:S
>>>>>> on this box which has had this problem.  I never had
>>> any problems with
>>>> CS:S
>>>>>> on this box up until the last update.  The box is also
>>> running servers
>>>> for
>>>>>> TF2, CS 1.6, and CS:CZ and those seem to be running just fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The OS is Debian Lenny 64-bit, up-to-date.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm at a total loss.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     - Dave
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: tom nikitopoulos <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Date: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:51 pm
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Steam support library problem
>>>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list <
>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thats a "error" given when server is quit isn't it?
>>>>>>> maybe a server running in background?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:56 PM, David A. Parker
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm still getting the "Unable to load Steam support library"
>>>>>>> error on
>>>>>>>> startup.  I am not running any plugins and I disabled
>>>>>>> SourceTV, but the
>>>>>>>> problem persists.  I've been running an update with -
>>>>>>> verify_all several
>>>>>>>> times each day, but it always says that the
>> installation
>>> is up-
>>>>>>> to-date
>>>>>>>> so it does not appear that anything in my installation
>> is
>>> corrupted.> >>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone have any ideas?  Any help at all would be greatly
>>>>>>> appreciated.>
>>>>>>>>     Thanks,
>>>>>>>>     Dave
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> oGre wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I got that error last week when the Valve servers were
>>> overloaded.> >>>>> This was a TF2 server instance. I checked
>> the
>>> binaries> >>> manually and
>>>>>>>>> moved some from a functioning installation while
>> waiting for
>>>>>>> Valve to
>>>>>>>>> fix their update servers.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The files that got corrupt were in the orangebox/bin
>>>>>>> directory, namely
>>>>>>>>> steamclient.so and libsteam_api.so.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2010/6/24 David Parker <[email protected]>:
>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry for the flurry of e-mails today.  Hopefully I'll
>>>>>>> get these issues
>>>>>>>> straightened out soon and everything will work again.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I just did a clean install of CS:S.  It's a vanilla
>>>>>>> server with SourceTV
>>>>>>>> enabled and no plugins or addons.  The server starts up
>>>>>>> just fine, but then
>>>>>>>> I get this on the console:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *********************************************************
>>>>>>>>>> *       Unable to load Steam
>>>>>>> support library.*
>>>>>>>>>> *       This server will
>>>>>>> operate in LAN mode only.*
>>>>>>>>>> *********************************************************
>>>>>>>>>> maxplayers set to 17 (extra slot was added for SourceTV)
>>>>>>>>>> Server logging enabled.
>>>>>>>>>> L 06/23/2010 - 20:59:00: Log file closed
>>>>>>>>>> Server logging data to file
>>>>>>> /usr/local/srcds_1/cstrike/logs/L0623002.log> >> L
>>> 06/23/2010 -
>>>>>>> 20:59:00: Log file started (file
>>>>>>>> "/usr/local/srcds_1/cstrike/logs/L0623002.log") (game
>>>>>>>> "/usr/local/srcds_2/orangebox/cstrike") (version "4234")
>>>>>>>>>> exec banned_user.cfg: file size larger than 1 MB!
>>>>>>>>>> exec banned_ip.cfg: file size larger than 1 MB!
>>>>>>>>>> Writing cfg/banned_user.cfg.
>>>>>>>>>> Writing cfg/banned_ip.cfg.
>>>>>>>>>> Unable to load Steam library.
>>>>>>>>>> L 06/23/2010 - 20:59:00: World triggered "Round_Start"
>>>>>>>>>> SourceTV broadcast active.
>>>>>>>>>> L 06/23/2010 - 20:59:06: World triggered "Round_Start"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Restarted the server a few times, but it happens
>>>>>>> consistently.  Any
>>>>>>>> ideas?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>      Dave
>
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