1 Topic by name_scrubbed (edited by name_scrubbed 2008-08-28 11:37:21)

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Hi i recently decided to host a Teeworlds Server on my vServer.

Im connecting to the server via PuTTy ssh.

When i start the server just like ./teeworlds_srv -f teeworlds.cfg it starts. But when i log off from terminal the server also is offline.

I found a program which simulates a terminal, called screen. Does hosting a teeworlds server only works with simulating a terminal? Or is there a way to run it in background?

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Re: Server on Debian Etch

./teeworlds_srv -f teeworlds.cfg & to run the server in background (with the & at the end)
Or you can use screen. First run screen, then start the server with ./teeworlds_srv -f teeworlds.cfg. To detach the screen, press Ctrl+A and Ctrl+D. To reattach, screen -x

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nohup, screen will work
& _may_not_ if u log off

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& works even if you log out, or not, depends on the distro. But with debian it should work

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spl0k wrote:

& works even if you log out, or not, depends on the distro. But with debian it should work

Any evidences for your statement? I don't believe it. Sending processes to background with '&' is the same as doing 'CTRL-Z' and 'bg'. The process still runs on the invocing shell is if this parent process is killed, the child process(es) gets killed as well.

As torch said: There are some solutions that _really_ work: nohup and screen.

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datag wrote:
spl0k wrote:

& works even if you log out, or not, depends on the distro. But with debian it should work

Any evidences for your statement? I don't believe it. Sending processes to background with '&' is the same as doing 'CTRL-Z' and 'bg'. The process still runs on the invocing shell is if this parent process is killed, the child process(es) gets killed as well.

As torch said: There are some solutions that _really_ work: nohup and screen.

"&" works for me as well!

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Landil wrote:

"&" works for me as well!

Wow, even if you log out from the session? Hm, then it's "broken" big_smile Dangerous distributions... never seen a behaviour like that (and I won't use these).

Thanks for clarification Landil

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datag wrote:
Landil wrote:

"&" works for me as well!

Wow, even if you log out from the session? Hm, then it's "broken" big_smile Dangerous distributions... never seen a behaviour like that (and I won't use these).

Thanks for clarification Landil

You're welcome datag wink

to be honest i am a real noob in that things. But i connect with putty and if I exit putty and/or shutdown my pc, the server still continues to run. But I don't care, it works! wink

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Yep, at the beginning I was using the &, and it worked pretty well if I closed my terminal or my putty, the server was still there.
But I prefer using screen wink
Never heard of that nohup command tho, maybe I should take a look.

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That & was a failure yikes.

But screen still works perfect big_smile