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Dedicated server - "Did not receive driver info "
I'm trying to get the dedicated server running.

1) The server starts up, but then says "Track not found"

2) I connect with the LFS client, but then the client says Did not receive driver info

Is #2 because I'm the first driver trying to join? (no other drivers are on the server?

Mike

//
// Example host configuration file
// How to use: LFS /cfg=setup.cfg
// Lines starting with // are ignored

// host name
/host=MstramDedicated

// optional: password
/pass=*****

// optional: admin password
/admin=*****

// optional: InSim port
/insim=29999

// optional: local specified ip address
//ip=127.0.0.1


// a high number below 65536
/port=63392

// demo/s1/s2
/mode=s2

// no/yes/hidden
// no for local ?
//usemaster=no
/usemaster=yes

// BL1/BL1R/BL2, SO1/SO1R/SO2, etc
/track=BL1

// weather
/weather=1

// cars allowed - see README.txt
/cars=ALL

// max guests that can join host
/maxguests=4

// slots reserved for admins (0 to 8)
/adminslots=1

// max cars in a race
/carsmax=5

// max cars (real+ai) on host pc
/carshost=2

// max cars (real+ai) per guest pc
/carsguest=2

// smoothness (3-6) number of car updates per second
/pps=3

// qualifying minutes, 0 for no qualifying
/qual=0

// number of laps, 0 for practice
/laps=5

// if laps not specified: hours
//hours=24

// 0=no/1=low/2=high
/wind=0

// nogfx/invisible
/dedicated=nogfx

// no/yes: can guests vote to kick or ban
/vote=no

// no/yes: can guests select track
/select=no

// no/kick/ban/spec: wrong way drivers
/autokick=spec

// no restart within X seconds of race start
/rstmin=60

// no restart within X seconds of race finish
/rstend=30

// no/yes: allow join during race
/midrace=yes

// no/yes: pit stop required
/mustpit=no

// no/yes: allow car reset
/canreset=yes

// no/yes: force cockpit view
/fcv=no

// no/yes: allow wrong way driving
/cruise=yes

// fixed/finish/reverse/random: race start order
/start=finish

// optional: welcome message up to 200 chars
//welcome=welcome.txt

// optional: text file listing allowed tracks
//tracks=tracks.txt

// optional: message log file
//log=deb.log

// no/yes: network debug
/ndebug=no

// MPR autosave (0=off / 1=manual / 2=auto)
/autosave=0

// MPR folder
/mprdir=mpr

// LYT folder
/lytdir=layout
So no-one else has ever received that message ?
Activate log file and take a look what it says.

Track not found is not a good message.

cars=all ... Don't know if that is a correct parameter. Try cars=XFG for a test.
Here's the log file :

I also changed /cars=ALL to /cars=XFG

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Aug 11 17:58:08 LFS DEDICATED HOST : 0.5Z28
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 ?
Aug 11 17:58:08 load bans
Aug 11 17:58:08 load font
Aug 11 17:58:08 no fonts available : SHIFTJIS
Aug 11 17:58:08 no fonts available : CHINESEBIG5
Aug 11 17:58:08 no fonts available : GB2312
Aug 11 17:58:08 no fonts available : HANGUL
Aug 11 17:58:08 -----
Aug 11 17:58:08 create english file
Aug 11 17:58:08 initialisations
Aug 11 17:58:08 tables
Aug 11 17:58:08 load objects
Aug 11 17:58:08 start intro
Aug 11 17:58:08 Blackwood
Aug 11 17:58:08 Track not found
Aug 11 17:58:08 end of initialisation
Aug 11 17:58:30 Host Auth : 127.0.0.1
Aug 11 17:58:30 Send Track : 127.0.0.1
Aug 11 17:58:30 Connect : 127.0.0.1
Aug 11 17:58:30 Sent OK to new guest
Aug 11 17:58:30 Sent scrutineering packet
Aug 11 17:58:30 Told guests about new guest
Aug 11 17:58:30 A new guest is connecting
Aug 11 17:58:30 Sent guest list to new guest
Aug 11 17:58:42 Joiner Fatal Error
Aug 11 17:58:42 Cancelled join
Aug 11 17:58:42 New guest failed to connect
Aug 11 17:59:10 /exit
Aug 11 17:59:10 shutting down
Aug 11 17:59:10 free objects
Aug 11 17:59:10 free languages
Aug 11 17:59:10 free font
Aug 11 17:59:10 kill graphics
Aug 11 17:59:10 save config
Aug 11 17:59:10 free mouse
Aug 11 17:59:10 EXIT
Track not found is not good. I'll doubt your installation is correct (LFS\LFS\data\wld).

Do you have a data\wld\Blackwood.wld or maybe the filename is cut off?

No fonts is not important.
Actually it looks like it was looking for C:\LFS\data\wld\Blackwood_GHOST.wld

(Thanks to the handy dandy program 'filemon').

I copied Blackwood.wld to Blackwood_GHOST.wld, and it's not complaining about the missing track.

But now it's saying : "Name is already used"

What Name ?

Not exactly the most informative error messages.

Here's the log now :

Aug 11 20:38:04 LFS DEDICATED HOST : 0.5Z28
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 ?
Aug 11 20:38:04 load bans
Aug 11 20:38:04 load font
Aug 11 20:38:04 no fonts available : SHIFTJIS
Aug 11 20:38:04 no fonts available : CHINESEBIG5
Aug 11 20:38:04 no fonts available : GB2312
Aug 11 20:38:04 no fonts available : HANGUL
Aug 11 20:38:04 -----
Aug 11 20:38:04 create english file
Aug 11 20:38:04 initialisations
Aug 11 20:38:04 tables
Aug 11 20:38:04 load objects
Aug 11 20:38:04 start intro
Aug 11 20:38:04 Blackwood
Aug 11 20:38:04 end of initialisation
Aug 11 20:38:06 Track loaded
Aug 11 20:38:16 Host Auth : 127.0.0.1
Aug 11 20:38:16 Send Track : 127.0.0.1
Aug 11 20:38:16 Connect : 127.0.0.1
Aug 11 20:38:16 Sent OK to new guest
Aug 11 20:38:17 Sent scrutineering packet
Aug 11 20:38:17 Told guests about new guest
Aug 11 20:38:17 A new guest is connecting
Aug 11 20:38:17 Sent guest list to new guest
Aug 11 20:38:17 Name is already used
Aug 11 20:38:17 Joiner Fatal Error
Aug 11 20:38:17 Cancelled join
Aug 11 20:38:18 New guest failed to connect
Aug 11 20:39:57 Host Auth : 127.0.0.1
Aug 11 20:39:57 Send Track : 127.0.0.1
Aug 11 20:39:57 Connect : 127.0.0.1
Aug 11 20:39:57 Sent OK to new guest
Aug 11 20:39:57 Sent scrutineering packet
Aug 11 20:39:57 Told guests about new guest
Aug 11 20:39:58 A new guest is connecting
Aug 11 20:39:58 Sent guest list to new guest
Aug 11 20:39:58 Name is already used
Aug 11 20:39:58 Joiner Fatal Error
Aug 11 20:39:58 Cancelled join
Aug 11 20:39:59 New guest failed to connect
Ghost?

You normally need that when hosting with the Linux client

http://www.lfs.net/file_lfs.php?name=LFS_S2_DEDI_Z28.zip

It's in there, keeps Linux hosting real small.

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About that name, you probably join with the same name as your host. I think it's talking about your drivers name..

options -> driver -> driver name

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