CS:GO won't start

[Dennis]

[s_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning() failed.

[s_API FAIL] SteamAPI_Init() failed; unable to locate a running instance of Steam, or a local steamclient.dll.

szCmd: /bin/sh -c '"/root/.steam/root/steam.sh" steam://run/215 -game csgo -console -condebug -usercon +game_type 0 +game_mode 0 -maxplayers_override 12 +maxplayers 12 +exec server.cfg +mapgroup mg_bomb +map de_dust -ip 37.59.56.194 -port 27030 -tickrate -tickrate 128' &

serverGameDLL->DLLInit() failed.

 

/bin/sh: /root/.steam/root/steam.sh: No such file or directory

Segmentation fault

 

 

Does anyone know what is causing this? I'm using Debian 7 64-bit.

[adamnp]

make sure your steam_appid.txt is properly configured.....

 

Also - extremely stupid to run the game as root............major nono!

[Dennis]

I ran the game server as root when testing, just to see if it had something to do with permissions

It's a vanilla server, all files are downloaded through SteamCmd, so everything should be fine.

[Dennis]

Wow, this is damn weird. I just tried copying the files from an old server, and now the new server will run. It seems like the files from SteamCmd is corrupt or something. I've tried on 3 different servers.

[Raizio]

Try just copying over steam.dll wonder if that's the cause.

[icekohl]

Problems like this that I've had in the past is with steamcmd itself. Fix by deleting everything in steamcmd directory except executable, run steamcmd by itself so it updates like a fresh install. Everything should work from there on out.

[Dennis]

I've tried deleting everything SteamCMD related on 3 different servers running 2 different Linux distros in 2 different datacentres, nothing helps. It worked in January.

Also, I'm not the only one with the problem, I can see.

[Raizio]

Figured it out. I had the same problem last night.

Add the file steam_appid.txt in the same location as srcds.exe

put 730 in there. Make sure you repair permissions, TCAdmin User might not be able to read it otherwise.

[Dennis]

I also did this yesterday, but it only worked when I ran the server as root. tcagame can't run the server, no matter how many times I click repair permissions.

[Raizio]

Ahh, worked for me on Windows.

[Dennis]

And I'm pretty sure it has something to do with permissions, since I can run the server as root...

[FiendServers]

Figured it out. I had the same problem last night.

Add the file steam_appid.txt in the same location as srcds.exe

put 730 in there. Make sure you repair permissions, TCAdmin User might not be able to read it otherwise.

 

thanks that worked for me cept I had to use 740 for linux

[Dennis]

I can get it working on Ubuntu, but not on Debian.

 

This is the total output:

http://pastebin.com/bhYsFvpC

 

The server won't run as tcagame, but there's absolutely no problems when running as root. What the f has Valve done... All except one of our machines run Debian, and it just won't run.

[Raizio]

thanks that worked for me cept I had to use 740 for linux

 

Glad to hear it worked for you!

[Raizio]

I can get it working on Ubuntu, but not on Debian.

 

This is the total output:

http://pastebin.com/bhYsFvpC

 

The server won't run as tcagame, but there's absolutely no problems when running as root. What the f has Valve done... All except one of our machines run Debian, and it just won't run.

 

Your console shows you already get passed the error of steam_appid

Then it would error up as soon as srcds itself has booted and it tries to launch the game.

 

Your error does seem more related to something in the bin folder of srcds.

Generally when it tries to initialize the Steam libraries, on Windows this means Steam.dll, so maybe Steam.so on Linux?

 

Trick is to figure out what Ubuntu does differently from Debian..which is extremely tricky.

[FiendServers]

actually I spoke to soon I now get this when I try to join the server "steam verification rejected"

tried deleting my clientregistry.blob but that didn't work

[Dennis]

I have no idea why it won't work on Debian. It's pretty stupid, and I'm not the only one with the problem, it seems. I wonder what in the world they have changed since there's no steam_appid.txt anymore...

[Raizio]

actually I spoke to soon I now get this when I try to join the server "steam verification rejected"

tried deleting my clientregistry.blob but that didn't work

 

I had validation rejected when I set the steam_appid to 740, hence 730 worked for me.

[ECF]

On Linux you may have to set permissions manually on the folder or file so the TCAdmin user can access it.

[Raizio]

I have no idea why it won't work on Debian. It's pretty stupid, and I'm not the only one with the problem, it seems. I wonder what in the world they have changed since there's no steam_appid.txt anymore...

 

You have to add the steam_appid.txt manually. it did exist in older installations. Seems they accidentally forgot it in this release, hence why fresh steamcmd installs are 'corrupt' they just lack that file.

[Dennis]

On Linux you may have to set permissions manually on the folder or file so the TCAdmin user can access it.

I tried doing

chown -r tcagame /home/tcagame/

but that didn't help. I suspect it may try to reach some files outside of the installation dir.

[FiendServers]

I had validation rejected when I set the steam_appid to 740, hence 730 worked for me.

 

that's weird lol but 730 works for me

[Dennis]

Oh this is real stupid!

Apparently Valve messed something up, and a couple of servers (including Garry's Mod and CS:GO) won't run on the grs kernel anymore.

Wow, it would be great if they had somewhere to post important information like that... Like, let's say a forum or something.

 

I've been going through almost all posts from the past month regarding CS:GO on their forums, and not one mentioned that.

I wonder what's going on...