case "$1" in
    start)
        if [ -e warsowserver.pid ]; then
            echo "warsowserver.pid already exists...server already started ?";
            echo "If you are sure the server is not running, delete warsowserver.pid"
            exit 1
        else
            if [ "$UID" = "0" ]; then
                echo WARNING ! For security reasons we advise: DO NOT RUN THE SERVER AS ROOT
                for c in $(seq 1 10); do
                    echo -n "!"
                    sleep 1
                done
                echo !
            fi
            echo "starting the warsow server"
            if [ -e wsw_server ]; then
                if [ ! -x wsw_server ]; then
                    echo "wsw_server is not executable, trying to set it"
                    chmod u+x wsw_server
                fi
                if [ -x wsw_server ]; then
                    ./wsw_server -PID=warsowserver.pid
                else
                    echo "wsw_server is not executable, fix this"
                    exit 4
                fi
            else
                echo "Couldnt find wsw_server"
                exit 5
            fi
        fi
    ;;
    stop)
        if [ -e twarsowserver.pid ]; then
            echo -n "stopping the warsow server"
            if ( kill -TERM `cat warsowserver.pid` ); then
                for c in $(seq 1 300); do
                    if [ -e warsowserver.pid ]; then
                        echo -n "."
                        sleep 1
                    fi
                done
            fi
            if [ -e warsowserver.pid ]; then
                echo "server does not shutdown cleanly - killing"
                kill -KILL `cat warsowserver.pid`
                rm warsowserver.pid
                sleep 5
            else
                echo "done"
            fi
        else
            echo "warsowserver.pid is missing, no started server ?"
            exit 7
        fi
    ;;
    restart)
        $0 stop && $0 start || exit 1
    ;;
    status)
        if [ -e warsowserver.pid ]; then
            echo "the warsow server seems to be running"
            exit 0
        else
            echo "the warsow server seems to be stopped"
            exit 3
        fi
    ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
        exit 2
esac
exit 0
_________________________________________________________________________

But I can't get any response whatsoever connecting to the server.

I have opened ports 27950 and 44400 (UTP)
I simply run the server through the terminal: ./wsw_server.i386

Any ideas anyone?
(ps. Im really bad with linux so please be gentle in your explanations)

thanks

Hi, i just wondered, what is the minimum HW requirements for runing a dedicated linux server of wsw.

tdm.

not officially.
I'd say a 1Mbit/s connection would be pretty decent for 8players.

Maybe i was abit unclear
Here is graphs of cpu and mem usage on jezus race server with various playerloads: http://jezus.heliopolis.se/rrd/ (cpu is a 2.8GHz pentium d (one core used) with 2GB ram, u do the math )

tdm.

host:~# cat /etc/logrotate.d/warsow
/srv/warsow/basewsw/wswconsole.log {
        create
        compress
        copytruncate
        dateext
        nomail
        size 5M
}

You'll get files like this one :

host:~# ls -l /srv/warsow/basewsw/*.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 warsow root 58720 2007-07-05 20:24 /srv/warsow/basewsw/wswconsole.log-20070705.gz

make: *** [buildx86_64/qf/unix_snd.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

!!! ERROR: games-fps/warsow-0.3 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1615:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 972:   Called qa_call 'src_compile'
  ebuild.sh, line 44:   Called src_compile
  warsow-0.3.ebuild, line 66:   Called die

The error occurs while building sdl/qf stuff. Adding -sdl -qf or -snd to the USE-Flags doesnt change it unfortunately. So how to get rid of that sound stuff correctly?
The x86_64 worries me, too, my arch is i686...

Sometimes my server crash and dont comeback (i use the script in guide)
Why is like that?

the server does not always crash, sometimes it just sits there waiting for u to change the map so it can fix itself