Quake3World

Hey, all!

Wow. Good to see these forums back. I've been lurking a bit, trying to remember my old password so I could use my old account, but alas....

Anyway, I'm hoping some linux guru out there can help me.

I run a couple q3 linux servers using q3ded. One machine works great, but because of the heavy load I want to move a q3 server to another, almost identical, machine. Both run Fedora Core 3. On the new machine, I can run q3ded and it's fine until the map load. Then, I get this...
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32736 files in pk3 files
Loading vm file vm/qagame.qvm.
VM file qagame compiled to 1951934 bytes of code
qagame loaded in 5055200 bytes on the hunk
Received signal 11, exiting...
Shutdown tty console
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Q3 file structure and configs and start commands are exactly the same on both machines, so I'm thinking something in the linux memory setup must be bad. But I don't know much about that.

Server hosting company has done a complete check of hardware - ram, motherboard, etc. All looks good. And since it's q3ded, I assume the problem has nothing to do with the display or video drivers...

Only difference between the two machines is one is a 2.4Ghz Celeron and the other is a 2.2Ghz. And, obviously, there must be some OS config differences even though both are Fedora Core 3. Re-installing the OS or cloning the drive isn't really an option.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

- NjR_Shrapnel

what map are you loading?

have you tryed to lead a diffrent map?

Signal 11 means that something is causing a segmentation fault. Any particular mod you're running?

Thanks for the replies...

1) I've tried a number of maps. CTF and DM. Always signal 11.
2) Running just the basic q3 - no mods.

I've tried a variety of com_hunkmegs settings, too. Only thing that doesn't generate a signal 11 is if I set com_hunkmegs so low it won't load the map.

Thanks again,

- NjR_Shrapnel

What are the md5sums of the pak files and the quake3 binary?

This is what the sums for PR 1.32 should be, btw:

Interesting... all the pk3s check out, but the q3ded is...

f71a7ee9d8653b53cd56076a9120f7dd

I checked the other server (that runs fine) and the q3ded md5sum is the same on that one as above.

I am running 1.32.

i know this sounds stupid, but have you tryed copying the md5ded from the running box? or maby downloading another one?

Thanks.

Just tried that. Same problem.

I'm pretty sure it's something in the linux virtual memory setup. I'll keep trying and am open for any other suggestions...

- Shrapnel

Which version of 1.32 are you running? For Linux, the latest official PR is 1.32b-2.

Thanks again!

But, unfortunately, it still gives me signal 11.

Actually, the version I got from id's FTP site is.

linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run

I did find out that the server that runs everything fine is Fedora Core 3 (2.6.9-1.681_FC3) and the one that's giving me troubles is - Fedora Core 3 (2.6.12-1.1378_FC3). Looks like the problem one is newer....

Swapfiles seem to be identical on both machines...

- Shrapnel