My lesson learned after trying countless of hours to write motd.txt: if it works, don't touch it! I have never experienced that the problem was the webpage to be shown itself.
2012/9/12 Bjorn Wielens <uniac...@yahoo.ca>: > If it helps, the MOTD itself is located here: > > http://freefrag.com/motd/motd.php > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bjorn Wielens <uniac...@yahoo.ca> > To: Herover <leon.l.a.niel...@gmail.com>; Half-Life dedicated Linux server > mailing list <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 11:31:14 AM > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] HTML MOTDs not rendering? > > Understood. I've rebooted the server numerous times and also restarted my > client as well. > > > What I find weird is that the client _HAS_ the correct HTML for the MOTD, but > just isn't displaying it at random! > > > > ________________________________ > From: Herover <leon.l.a.niel...@gmail.com> > To: Bjorn Wielens <uniac...@yahoo.ca>; Half-Life dedicated Linux server > mailing list <hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:55:42 AM > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] HTML MOTDs not rendering? > > I found that I sometimes have to shut down or/and atleast wait a few > minutes before I'm able to read a new. Not sure if it's client side or > server (SRCDS) side. > > 2012/9/12 Bjorn Wielens <uniac...@yahoo.ca>: >> Hi all, >> >> This was touched on in a previous post - Does anyone know a solution for >> MOTDs not rendering (just a gray box, not even a background/plain text >> shows). >> >> I've had this happen to me with both HTML motds and plain text contained in >> the motd.txt file. >> >> The weird things are that: >> >> a) some people can see the MOTDs fine. >> b) right clicking the box and hitting 'view source' shows the HTML content >> of the correct MOTD page >> c) I've gotten it to show up for me exactly once. >> >> >> Running our servers on Linux, there's no flash content or ads in the motd, >> and they render fine in a webkit-based browser. >> I've tried both just the MOTD url in motd.txt as well as a META refresh to >> redirect. both have the same result. >> >> If anyone knows of a fix, I'm all ears as we're in a situation where most of >> our traffic is passthru Quickplay, and I'd like to at least inform them >> about server rules and the existence of our other servers/extended/non-tf2 >> community >> >> Thanks! >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
