Server

Early Morning Open Thread

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Garry recently fixed Garrysmod servers for Linux (w00t no more segfaults!) so I have that back online now. Been trying to figure out why the fuck it doesn’t load other gamemodes though. I’m trying to run elevator source and all I can get running is the map itself. gamemode stays at sandbox no matter what I do. This will require more research.

On another note I won a couple auctions today! Got a ThermalTake Frio and a Radeon HD 6950 coming in the mail. Once those come in I’ll play with some overclocking on my i5 2500k. Did some Portal 2 with BOD. We’re good at science! And by good I mean we didn’t know what we were doing! But we made it through last years DLC. Kinda sad because I played it before with Yutram, only once though. Old memory and all that jazz.

Did some more script writing tonight. Thought I got myself stuck in a corner but managed to find a way around it. I’ll go sleep on it a bit and see if I can come up with anymore mindfuckery.

If you’re here because the Slackers forum is down…

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We have had some seriously stormy weather since yesterday morning. It has consistently stayed between 45mph and 60mph. It’s supposed to be getting as high as 80mph. It’s been cold enough for pipes to freeze up outside and the river has been flooding quite a bit. The main server has no battery protection at this time and will remain down until further notice.

Keep checking back here for updates. My system is protected from power surges so I will be checking in as long as the internet stays up.

We’re not dead. NoIP is just being a dickwit…

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For some reason noIP isn’t redirecting to our forum properly. So as an Overlord service I am required by protocol to give you information on how to login to the forum whilst waiting for NoIP to get their shit together.

Go to: http://66.189.152.71/OpenSlackers/index.php

Enter your name and password and as you’re logging in click on one of the top menu items (like inbox for example). You’ll be able to post.

I did my good deed for the day. Now go away.

Update

Seems to have been fixed.

./srcds_run: line 357: 12548 Illegal instruction: aka upgrade to a SSE3 capable system.

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Tonight I installed Fedora 15 onto a system that is SSE3 capable and ran Left 4 Dead 2. The server install is identical to the one on the server that broke as is the distro itself. The server started perfectly. Valve is requiring SSE3 now leaving those of us running older systems in the dust.

Thank you Valve for being so caring about the people who take the time out of their lives to run the stuff you put out. /endsarcasm

Update

The problem has been fixed for awhile now. I thought I should update.

More than just a strange power supply.

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Since I had to get up early tomorrow my father was kind enough to screw around with the server. He confirmed to me that the motherboard on it is messed up. If you have any processor in the 3rd slot it won’t post. Take it out and then it starts up. It’s not up to full 100% yet but it will work enough for me to test on it.