Help with Linux CS server please.

[firebird]

Hi,

I have just decided to run a dedicated Linux CS server and need a little help getting started.

Here's my hardware setup.

PC-- 533 MHZ Celeron
256 MBRAM

Cable Modem

Lynksys 4 port router

I am also a Linux newbie as this is the first time I have ever dealt with it.

O.K. I got the files downloaded and installed and even got my server to run. Problem is, I can connect with my server through my other PC but no one else can get on.

Is this a setting within the NAT firewall with the router?

Also, how do I edit the .cfg files?I need to create a .cfg that will allow me to start my server and adminmod easier than all the hoops I am jumping through at the moment. I think I know how to make the command line, but I don't know how to edit the current one to include the new one.

Thanks all,

[AoDLiQuiD-M3tH]

make sure you have the servers ip addy with the correct ports forwarded in the router 27015 and i forget the other. also shut down any proccesses that arnt being used in linux like the FTP.

Also check out counterserver you can find the link on counter-strike.net

[handofrags]

http://server.counter-strike.net/howto.html

this should help config and rate you may need=)

[firebird]

Thanks for the help guys.

O.K. I got the router ports forwarded (27015-27016) and it appears to be working. I haven't run into any buddies on line yet to have them attempt to connect to see.But I think that took care of that problem.

I have gone through the Counter-Server and Counter-strike.net how to's several times. I found the command line creator progs and started to create one, when it gets to the instructions on how to edit the command line it just says "Use your favorite command line editor and add the new command line".

Well, that would be the prob.... I guess that is more my lack of knowlege of Linux than anything else. I can get to the config directory easy enough, but I can't do anything with anything when I get there.

Also, I installed Adminmod. How do I start it?

[master7]

To edit a file using command-line editors, try using the command:

pico server.cfg

Just make sure your logged in as super-user. (command: su , then enter the password)

the command to start the server is: ./hlds_run -game cstrike +maxplayers <number of players> +map <start map>

To start up admin-mod with the server, edit liblist.gam I believe, and change

gamedll "dlls\mp.dll"
to
gamedll "dlls\admin.dll"

Any more questions, please ask, good luck!

[firebird]

Thanks again for the replies,

Admin Mod just isn't starting.

I checked the Liblist.games and changed the one you mentioned, but when I start my server, admin mod just doesn't start.

I tried reinstalling admin mod, but it didn't change anything.

Any other ideas? Do I have to compile anything or add a command to my server start commands?

I noticed that there are two server.cfg files. One in hlds_l and the other in Admin. ???

Thanks

[master7]

Try copying everything from the Admin server.cfg to the cstrike server.cfg

[firebird]

how do I copy then paste in Linux

[master7]

Use the advanced text editor to do it.

Open up the admin server.cfg, high-light everything, right-click on it and press Copy

Open up the cstrike server.cfg, scroll to the bottom, right-click and press Paste

[firebird]

Well, for some reason I can't highlight everything. I can highlight what is on the screen(in the window) , but when I get to the bottom of the screen and continue dragging the mouse(like I would in Windows) it doesn't scroll down to get the rest.

I tried holding the mouse button and highlighting everything I could and then using the down arrow key, but it wouldn't work either.

I have been using VI as my editor.

[master7]

Try using the Advanced text editor and to highlight everything press Ctrl+A.

[firebird]

O.K. you are probably going to be thinking "what a *******" but what the heck is this Advanced Text Editor?

I am very new to Linux, sorry to be so much trouble.

[firebird]

disregard my last post, I got my Admin mod working.

I had created a dir under my hlds_l dir named admin, then when I put the file in it I unzipped it and installed from there.

WRONG!! I should have unzipped it in hlds_l. Problem solved.

Now, on to the next one.

I want to install a couple of new maps on my server. I downloaded a couple but they are in .ZIP files. how can I unzip them with Linux. I tried "unzip <map name>.zip, but with no luck.

Thanks again

[tHE_0ne]

first thing first, know how to use Linux

[firebird]

That's very informative, thanks.

[master7]

If you click on the .zip file, depending on your distro, it should open a prog called "Archiver," you can use this to extract them.