Linux dedicated server creation failed.

[Dashers]

I have recently re-built one of my servers switching from Redhat 9 to SuSE 9.1. I have an exact copy of my OFP server from the former build.

Now I no longer can get the server to start. This is what I get:

18:06:40 Dedicated server created, memory used: 350604 KB
Server creation failed : 2302

I have no idea how to extract more information out of the server than the above (is there a debug switch or something?). There is a pause between starting and failing.

Kernel: 2.6.5-7.95-default

I have NSCD installed and running, is there a list of other requirements so I can check I have everything compiled.

Thanks in advance,

Dash.

[Dashers]

To extend to this, I wiped my OFP installation and put a clean one on, and now I am getting a segmentation fault.

Does anybody have a 1.96 server running on SuSE 9.1 2.6.5-7.95-default?

[RN Malboeuf]

please use the search function on this board, the fix has been posted thanks to benu

[Dashers]

I have searched this forum extensively and have failed to find a fix. Does anybody else run SuSE 9.1?

[benu]

This error has most probably NOTHING to do with linux version being used. Look here. Did i mention you could have used the search function and gotten this answer much faster?

[Dashers]

Thank you kindly.

[Flo_Wer]

hi.

I have the same problem as Dashers, and i think the key is the kernel version.

example with exactly the same version, cfg, files ....

on kernel 2.4.26 :
11:21:20 Dedicated server created, memory used: 7960 KB
Operation Flashpoint Console version 1.96: port 2402 - Sockets
11:21:26 Server identity created

on kernel 2.6.7 :
11:17:27 Dedicated server created, memory used: 489244 KB
Server creation failed : 2402

Just look at the "memory used" value...

So my question is : Does ofp linux server works on a 2.6 kernel ?

[benu]

Yes, it does. I have used ofp servers with redhat, suse, debian and gentoo, with kernels ranging from 2.4.x to 2.6.7. And i haven't heard from a single case yet where that error has not been network/hostname/dns related. Maybe something is missing or configured wrongly in your new kernel? Did you make it yourself or used a distribution kernel?

[Flo_Wer]

it's just the default kernel on debian. this one :

apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.7-1-k7-smp

Edit : Ok. I just edit my hostname files, and i also experiment the problem on the 2.4 kernel with a correct value of memory used (around 7000 KB). I go back to my first values, and it works again on the 2.4, but not on the 2.6.

So i think my problem is not network/hostname/dns related.

[Flo_Wer]

I've just tried the solutions you give in your FAQ with the libs, but it still don't work.

So i have no clue to solve the problem. Dashers is it working for you ?