[bf1942] Best Version of Linux to run for this test?

[Bill Wood]

Not sure there's much difference in the ServerSettings.con that I've
seen and mine, and mine is not lag free. Even when playing with one
other seemingly smooth as glass on Market Garden, it's almost impossible
to hit a circle straffing opponent until they stand still for at least 5
seconds. Midway is impossible to play, even with only one player. RH 8
on an under-powered PIII 450 512 ram T1.

-----Original Message-----
From: jjohnso1 at sbcglobal.net [mailto:jjohnso1 at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 8:29 PM
To: bf1942 at icculus.org
Subject: Re: [bf1942] Best Version of Linux to run for this test?


I suppose for me, even 1 player is not lag free.  I can hop in a B-17,
fly to the enemy base and drop all 8 bombs... if I hit a few vehicles,
the "Connection Warning" message starts popping up, and I lag bigtime.
Anytime there is a lot of movement & explosions, I get the same result,
regardless of the number of players.

But, I can hop in with a friend or two and not see any serious signs of
lag as long as there isn't mass destruction taking place.

Since the Christmas build, I haven't seen any seg faults.  But I don't
keep the server running 24/7.

I've asked on this list twice now for those that claim 10+ players
without lag to please post their ServerSettings.con.  So far, no one has
done so. If it were April 1st, I'd be somewhat doubtful... ;)

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Wood" <wawoodtx at attbi.com>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 7:53 PM
Subject: RE: [bf1942] Best Version of Linux to run for this test?


> How many players have you been able to sustain lag free?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jjohnso1 at sbcglobal.net [mailto:jjohnso1 at sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 5:27 PM
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [bf1942] Best Version of Linux to run for this test?
>
>
> MessageMandrake 8.2 on a CeleronII overclocked to 850MHz, 768MB RAM.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Wood
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 11:14 AM
> Subject: RE: [bf1942] Best Version of Linux to run for this test?
>
>
> Maybe we could get a consensus of Linux distro's running the server 
> without issues in this thread? -----Original Message-----
> From: Nolan, Roger (Calgary) [mailto:Roger_Nolan at nexeninc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 9:57 AM
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Subject: RE: [bf1942] Best Version of Linux to run for this test?
>
>
> No I don't, I was thinking that if I have to update I might as well 
> get a distribution that works well with BF1942, as this is the main 
> reason for using Linux. I was thinking of Mandrake but I did not see 
> many folks running it here on this test.
>
> Roger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex [mailto:santahomer at web.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 8:29 AM
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [bf1942] Best Version of Linux to run for this test?
>
> do you have the newest update??
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nolan, Roger (Calgary)
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 4:28 PM
> Subject: [bf1942] Best Version of Linux to run for this test?
>
> I have seen quite a few notes going back and forth on the stability of

> different OS's for this test. Some say Freebsd and other RedHat 7.x, 
> others say others.
>
> Has anyone been tallying up the score on which is most stable at 
> present?
>
> I use TurboLinux 6.0 (came free with a hardware device of some sort or
> another) and it seems to crash every map change. I am not around the 
> server to check it frequently but when I do it needs to be run again. 
> Thinking about loading something newer, and would like help on what to

> choose.
>
> Cheers
> Roger