Hey.

I am a complete noob to setting up a SOF server. . . but not a noob on Linux nor HLDS servers.  Usually, I would get this correct the first time, but no..... I'm just having a hard time   .. So i'm asking you guys...

I went to this source Server Help Topic .. I tried everything

I uploaded the /base/ folder with the pk3 files in them(man .. it took 7 hours to upload in FTP!!)

Then, I added the server.cfg and "a" ctf.mapcycle file with examples from the post before.

Then I downloaded the sof2ded zip ... I unzipped
chmod a+x sof2ded.zip

I tried starting up but this is what I get:

Code Sample

SOF2MP V1.00 linux-i386 May  6 2002 Initialising zone memory ..... ----- FS_Startup ----- Current search path: /root/.sof2/base /home/nec/SOF/base/base/MP /home/nec/SOF/base/base ./sof2ded/base/MP ./sof2ded/base ---------------------- 0 files in pk3 files Running in restricted demo mode. ----- FS_Startup ----- Current search path: /root/.sof2/demo /home/nec/SOF/base/demo/MP /home/nec/SOF/base/demo ./sof2ded/demo/MP ./sof2ded/demo ---------------------- 0 files in pk3 files Sys_Error: Couldn't load sof2mp_default.cfg

Note:

I installed in a /home/username/SOF/ directory

Will this work.... because I do not want to install into a /usr/local/games folder (too messy)

Also . . . in server.cfg what does:

Code Sample

sets username "username" //block out your computer account name

What does that mean?

I tried downloading the 1.02 patch with the sof2ded and a pk3 pack ... nothing worked either......

Thanks for your help.

/home/nec/SOF/base/base/MP
/home/nec/SOF/base/base

u have 2 base folders for some reason  

sets username "username" //block out your computer account name

stops ur username showing up in ur server info

root@python [~]# cd /home/nec/SOF
root@python [/home/nec/SOF]# ls
./  ../  base/  libcxa.so.1*  pb/  readme.txt  sof2ded*  sof2dedlinux1_02.zip
root@python [/home/nec/SOF]# cd base
root@python [/home/nec/SOF/base]# ls
./            models.pk3         server.cfg     textures1234.pk3  update103.pk3
../           mp.pk3             skins.pk3      therest.pk3
ctf.mapcycle  musicandsound.pk3  sof2ded*       update101.pk3
maps.pk3      readme.txt         textures0.pk3  update102.pk3
root@python [/home/nec/SOF/base]#

I have no two base folders ... is SOF searching wrong?

anyone at all .. ?

Quote

Sys_Error: Couldn't load sof2mp_default.cfg

It can't find your config.  Check the ".sof2/base" dir in root's home dir (based on your code sample in the search path) to make sure it's there with the case sensitive name of sof2mp_default.cfg.

what command line string are u using to start the server?

The .sof2/ folder in /root/ is empty .... any ideas where I can get this .. ? I don't remember anything from that guide about this

This is my setup
screen -A -m -d -S sof2 ./sof2ded +set dedicated 2 +set net_ip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx +set net_port 20100 +exec server.cfg +set sv_pure 1

the hidden .sof2 folder holds all ur log files etc but they wont exist till the server starts up for the first time.

why do u have 2 sof2ded? u have it in both the sof2 folder and the base folder and u are running the one in the base folder which is causing the problem.

Have you tried running the server without using screen and using a config file? If yes, are the error messgaes the same?

I tried running the one in /home/nec/SOF/sof2ded instead of the one in the /nec/SOF/base one

I tried multiple tries if it worked.... I tried the startup without screen

the one in the /nec/SOF/ folder gave this error:

root@python [/home/nec/SOF]# ls
./  ../  base/  libcxa.so.1*  pb/  readme.txt  sof2ded*  sof2dedlinux1_02.zip
root@python [/home/nec/SOF]# ./sof2ded
./sof2ded: error while loading shared libraries: libcxa.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
root@python [/home/nec/SOF]#

but libcxa.so.1 is in that folder ... I don't get it

Btw, the startup was just ./sof2ded