[bf1942] server fail?

[Aubrey King]

can one have a 'daemon' or initscript that launches screen and then runs a
command in it?  ie. 'screen -S /usr/local/bf1942_srv'?  I know that's how
I start pin eup.  Wonder if that will background.  I'll worry about those
hurdles once the server works on my box. ;)

Aubrey King
Global Crossing, Ltd.
IP Systems Engineering
Systems Administrator

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Brad Davidson wrote:

> Aubrey King said:
> >
> > Rather than screen, I may write an initscript for it to run at boot.  I
> > should make an rpm! :)
>
> The only problem that I see with that is that unlike most daemons that you
> start on boot, the BF server doesn't fork off to the background, it
> expects to stay in foreground. That and the fact that it restarts itself
> every time the map changes... that's why people use screen, so that they
> can detach and leave it running.
>
> > Well.. I followed the advice here, but it did
> > not solve my problem.
>
> >From the messages you posted, it looks like it's loaded the map and is
> waiting for players. Have you tried connecting directly to the server by
> specifying the IP, as opposed to looking for it in the game list? What
> happens when you do?
>
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