[bf1942] What's happening DICE?

[luke at techfreak.org]

Earlier you mentioned you had experienced the same crashing on map
change.... or did I misunderstand?

Luke

> Remove bvsrm for a start thats the biggest crash creator there is.
>
>     Steve / K
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <luke at techfreak.org>
> To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 6:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [bf1942] What's happening DICE?
>
>
>> Yeah, I start all my servers within a 'while true' statement,
>> inlcuding just the command line 'bvsrm -start -restart'
>>
>> Other than that, nothing fancy. As I said, worked fine on the
>> 'test'
>> server for days without stop - low ping, smooth play, etc.
>>
>> > Luke,
>> >
>> > Do you start the server from a shell script?  What exact
>> commands
>> > are you
>> > using to start the server?  I assume you start it the same on
>> > servers that
>> > have worked and ones that don't, but I'm just curious.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: <luke at techfreak.org>
>> > To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
>> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:31 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [bf1942] What's happening DICE?
>> >
>> >
>> >> Michael,
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for the offer to provide details. The trouble with this
>> >> apparent bug is that it seems to crop up on some servers and
>> not
>> >> others - even on Identical machines.
>> >>
>> >> For instance, I ran a 'test' BFV server for three days straight
>> >> (full most of the day as well), cycling through all maps at 24
>> >> players. Never crashed once. This was a PIV 2.8 running redhat
>> 9.
>> >>
>> >> So, feeling pretty happy with this game and its stability, I
>> >> duplicate this exact game code to three other boxes and turn em
>> >> loose. Now, two of the four servers crash constantly on map
>> >> change.
>> >> They are all four EXACTLY the same hardware and Linux build.
>> >>
>> >> I thought it was bad ram or something since it seemed to make
>> no
>> >> sense that 50% of my servers would crash and the other would be
>> >> stable...... so I moved one of the faulty ones to another new
>> and
>> >> Identical box. It crashes, too.
>> >>
>> >> After reading through the forums, it seems to me that there is
>> >> some
>> >> sort of software glitch that is beyond me to diagnose. But, my
>> >> experience tells me that this is not the fault of the Linux
>> build,
>> >> or an incorrect config file. It happens on BSD, Redhat, RH
>> >> enterprise, etc.
>> >>
>> >> Luke
>> >>
>> >> > I know this isn't immediately helpful to those with crashes,
>> but
>> >> I
>> >> > run a
>> >> > linux server which cycles through all of the maps and have
>> not
>> >> had a
>> >> > single
>> >> > crash to date.  I've been running the server since the game
>> >> release.
>> >> >  I've
>> >> > run the server on two different machines with no problems
>> >> (besides
>> >> > the lag).
>> >> > If anyone would like to compare notes on configurations or
>> >> system
>> >> > setup I'd
>> >> > be happy to try to help.  Obviously if this is a bug in the
>> >> software
>> >> > there
>> >> > is nothing that we can do, but since the server works fine on
>> >> some
>> >> > platforms
>> >> > it may be related to something else.
>> >> >
>> >> > Machine 1:
>> >> > P4 2.4Ghz with 1GB Ram
>> >> > Running RedHat
>> >> >
>> >> > Machine 2:
>> >> > Dual Xeon 2.4GHz with 1GB Ram
>> >> > Running RedHat.
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike
>> >> >
>> >> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >> > From: <luke at techfreak.org>
>> >> > To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
>> >> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:44 AM
>> >> > Subject: Re: [bf1942] What's happening DICE?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> Lightcubed forums are covered with admins asking about this
>> >> >> problem
>> >> >> on BF1942. One recent thred dates to Mid-february:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> > http://bf1942.lightcubed.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=918&highlight=crash+map+change
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Other forums and lists indicate a much more frequent
>> crashing
>> >> on
>> >> >> map
>> >> >> change in BFV. The game is essentially non-funtioning for
>> most
>> >> >> Linux
>> >> >> admins due to this bug. The few that run it successfully, do
>> so
>> >> >> with
>> >> >> one map.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Take a look at the server listing for BFV - 95% are windows
>> >> >> servers..... I wonder why?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Luke
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Unfortunately not both BF1942 and BFV crash regularly on
>> map
>> >> >> change
>> >> >> > here :(
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >     Steve / K
>> >> >> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >> >> > From: "Steve Getman" <steve at lightcubed.com>
>> >> >> > To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
>> >> >> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 4:54 PM
>> >> >> > Subject: Re: [bf1942] What's happening DICE?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> I believe it was fixed in BF1942.  At least my server has
>> >> not
>> >> >> >> crashed in
>> >> >> >> some time.  The code for BFV was branched fairly early on
>> >> and
>> >> >> >> doesn't have
>> >> >> >> all of the fixes merged in (or at least didn't when it
>> was
>> >> >> >> launched.)
>> >> >> >> Andy can speak more intelligently to this than I can...
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
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