Getting back to console

[snowatom]

Well, I have installed the Counter-Strike: Source server, and it runs perfectly.

I have put it, so that the CSS server starts at boot up. The command it uses is as below.

./srcds_run -console -game cstrike +map cs_assault +maxplayers 12 -autoupdate +ip 10.0.0.100 &

I end the command with a "&" so that I get a new line and can quit my terminal session without closing the server.

If i open a teminal session, and start the server with the above command, and then quits. How do I then:

QUESTION:

When I log on again at a later time, how do I get back in the console to see what is going on, on my server ?, or is it simply not possible ?

snowatom

[candy-man]

If you start it that way, I don't think you can. Look into a program called "screen". That's what most people use to reattach to the server's console.

[snowatom]

Cool, I will try finding that tool.

Because it's anoying me, that I can't use the console on the server. ex. to remove or change sv_password.

Because on RCON you can only change password, not disable it.

snowatom

[snowatom]

DAMN a little more infor would be nice..

I have tried looking for this "screen" tool, even on google. It wonders me why there is no info to find on this. Is it not a CSS tool, or is it a Linux thing ?

snowatom

[candy-man]

It's not specific to CSS or srcds. It's a regular Linux program.

This appears to be it's page: http://freshmeat.net/projects/screen/

[fqdn]

screen is a linux thing, just type screen from the console, either it will just go back to a prompt (which is a different screen) or say you don't have it installed. if it goes back to the prompt start your css server then when you want to disconnect do "ctrl a d" to disconnect. when you want to reconnect type "screen -r" you can also type "screen --help" for well...help (naming the screen(s) if you open more than one etc). if you google for "linux screen" you will see a lot of pages come up.

good luck!

[snowatom]

Thanx I got it working, but my debian linux version didn't have screen installed..

Used the commando's

apt-cache search screen

Then found the tool, and installed using

apt-get install screen

Well for all you linux guru's this is basic knowledge, but anyway, now if anothe noob like me have the same problem, then here is the answer.

snowatom

[bone450]

$man screen


Will give you a run down of options for screen

[get]

screen -S testserver -d -m ./srcds_run -game balbla etc etc

will start your server in background

screen -r testserver

will open again your started server

ctrl+a+d

will detach again the opened server

hf