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Server error massage
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:33 am
by guyver
Hi there I was wondering if any one knows how to fix this error I am getting SYS ERROR: Mem_Free: bad memory footer sentinal [buffer overflow]
pool: Server: Game system
alloc: GAME DLL:#0
free: GAME DLL:#0
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:52 am
by axbaby
are you running a mod .. does the mod team have any info on this error.
have they since fixed the error with a newer version?
is this a linux problem?
dedicated server?
are you playing on the server while it's running?
supply more info pwease
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:24 pm
by ^misantropia^
Am I correct in thinking that you are running EGL?
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:12 pm
by guyver
Yes I am running EGL how would you possibly know that lol
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:23 pm
by ^misantropia^
That's my famous spider sense at work.
(Well... tbh, only EGL produces that error)
You'll want to download the latest version from
http://egl.quakedev.com/ and check if the problem persists. If it does, report it in the EGL forums.
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:08 am
by guyver
Yea I have lastest one and the devolper is very busy at the moment doing diff projects exuse my spell I am drunk at the moment lol
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:14 am
by ^misantropia^
Can't help you much, I'm afraid. EGL is corrupting memory somewhere (writing before or, more common after a buffer's boundaries) but that could have a myriad causes. If you're technically inclined, you could try and debug it yourself: for linux, there's always old trusty gdb or valgrind; the debugger built into Visual Studio is pretty excellent when you're on windows.
PS: one thing you could try, if you haven't already, is downloading EGL from SVN and compiling it yourself. Lots of bugs in official releases get fixed in SVN.
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:07 pm
by guyver
Well I am technically inclined but on hardware side of pc's not software side lol, Any way's thank you for your time and help replying to my post dude.