after 1 day server doesn't work anymore

dvzion · Post by **dvzion** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 7:39 am

Hello.

I have installed Unreal 3.2.1 on Linux box. It has standard configuration, no services for the moment and a authentication module from AngryWolf and an Eggdrop bot unconfigured.

I have compiled the server with very conservative settings - no SSL, no ziplink, only specified 10 as the listen back log.

The server used to work okay for the last 7 days or so but now I have some wierd problems. If I leave the server on for more than 1 day, even though it's running it doesn't allow ppl to connect.

The logging (with full options) doesn't put anything in the log besides usual messages (someone has logged and stuff like that). On the irc client I only see

*** Connecting to port 6667 of server xxx.xxx.xxx
*** Disconnected from xxx.xxx.xxx 10054

A simply restart makes the server run okay. I have seen that doing a ps
when the server is working okay lists it as having status: S.

ircd 3173 0.0 0.7 5044 3796 ? S 09:22 0:00 /home/projects/ircd/unreal-3.2.1/ircd

ircd 3182 0.0 0.7 5052 4736 ? R 01:23 45:12 /home/projects/ircd/unreal-3.2.1/ircd

When it's not working it has status R.

From manual of ps:

R runnable (on run queue)
S sleeping

Do you guys have any ideas of what it's happening and how can I solve this problem?

Thanks.

Dukat · Post by **Dukat** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 9:06 am

Do you have a static IP?

dvzion · Post by **dvzion** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 7:50 pm

Dukat wrote:Do you have a static IP?

The server has a static IP but I, me (the client) don't. However, this problem has been reported by all the others clients - nobody cannot connect to the server anymore.

Would it help to use the IP instead of hostname?

Thanks for the reply.

w00t · Post by **w00t** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 11:10 pm

No - All using the hostname does is then use DNS to get the IP address. This is a rather odd problem, perhaps try removing the third party (authentication) module and see if the problem goes away.

Other than that, I'm not sure.

dvzion · Post by **dvzion** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:30 am

w00t wrote:No - All using the hostname does is then use DNS to get the IP address. This is a rather odd problem, perhaps try removing the third party (authentication) module and see if the problem goes away.

Other than that, I'm not sure.

I will, thanks for the reply. I think this thing is somehow related to the OS more then to the ircd. Now the server runs totally okay but the process itself is listed still as S (and not R).

If anybody is familiar with this thing or has a suggestion on how to run the server to avoid such problems, pls give me a line.

Thanks.

w00t · Post by **w00t** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:49 pm

Not sure - but if removing the module made the problem go away, then you had best get in touch with AngryWolf, as his module may have a problem or something.