[SOLVED] Cant start server in linux

Im having a hell of a time setting up a dedicated server in linux! I have moved the config to the right place and moved the startup script to the right place. When I boot up the server I keep getting the error saying the file has not been moved, when it has. What should I do?

Be sure, that xonotic folder and server_linux.sh are in correct user. I had once same problem coz started server as root=)

xxen0nxx, can you please tell me where you got Xonotic, where exactly it's located and where you moved the files? I have to ask you for details because there is obviously something wrong with the location of the files and I can't guess what if I don't know what exact steps you followed to get this problem.

Vargos: I don't think your comment is general. I don't know what you did, but following the instructions from the docs should let you run the server as root just fine. But running it as root is a bad idea anyway, so don't do that

I got Xonotic from the website download. I had put the server.cfg into the ~/Xonotic/data folder and the sh file in ~/Xonotic

And where did you extract Xonotic? In your home directory?

yes

Bougo, same to ur comments.
Meaning of my message wuz that if you put xonotic in home/user and then start it as a root command try to look up sh in root folder

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xxen0nxx: do you use sh /home/username/Xonotic/server_linux.sh ?

xxen0nxx, which error do you get? As far as I know, there are two possible related errors that can be displayed when running the server.

I keep getting this even though I have done what it says to do.

This script is not properly set up yet.
Please refer to the instructions in readme.txt.
In short:
- copy server.cfg to the data directory and adjust its settings
- move this file to the main directory of your Xonotic installation

Okay, have a look inside the server_linux script:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

case "$(uname -m)" in
  x86_64)       executable="xonotic-linux64-dedicated" ;;
  *)            executable="xonotic-linux32-dedicated" ;;
esac

cd "`dirname "${0}"`"

if ! [ -x "$executable" ]; then
        if [ -x "../$executable" ] && { [ -f ~/.xonotic/data/server.cfg ] || [ -f ../data/server.cfg ]; }; then
                cd ..
        else
                echo "This script is not properly set up yet."
                echo "Please refer to the instructions in readme.txt."
                echo "In short:"
                echo "- copy server.cfg to the data directory and adjust its settings"
                echo "- move this file to the main directory of your Xonotic installation"
                exit 1
        fi
fi

exec ./${executable} +serverconfig server.cfg "${@}"

Do you have an executable file called xonotic-linux32-dedicated (or linux64 if uname -m returns x86_64) in the same directory as server_linux.sh? That is, ~/Xonotic/xonotic-linux32-dedicated if you have ~/Xonotic/server_linux.sh . The script thinks you do not.

Maybe you can add a line just after the cd dirname one that just says pwd? That will tell you where it's looking for the xonotic-linux32-dedicated file.

O_o i got a output that was ~/Xonotic so its looking in the right dir. I also have the executable in the right place.

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ok i fixed that issue with chmod +x but that arose to another issue. Now when I run the sh script i get Segmentation Fault.

Wow, okay.

It's supposed to be executable, so something must have gone wrong when you extracted the game. Can you checksum the release zip archive you downloaded?

Code:

openssl md5 xonotic-0.6.0.zip

should return

MD5(xonotic-0.6.0.zip)= 2dac2c1ad4388255d3ad4d038dea3f77

If you get the right checksum, try extracting it again (using the unzip command).

yes! got it working. Thanks alot!