Server disconnected for unknown reason (one more topic)

(nojhan) #1

Hello,

I have what seems to be a well known error, the famous “Server disconnected for unknown reason”.
The topics I have found on this subject lacks informations, so I try one more time.

Description of the problem :
When trying to connect to a server, the downloading takes a lang time (2/3 minutes) and when finished (juste before entering the limbo) ET shows up an the error.
It happens quite randomly, whatever are the ping of the server, approximately one connection succeeded for 10 lost.

The relevant errors on the console are :
"
Server disconnected for unknown reasonSys_LoadDll(/home/nojhan/.etwolf/etpro/ui.
mp.i386.so)… ok
Sys_LoadDll(ui) found vmMain at 0x495c9450
Sys_LoadDll(ui) succeeded!
^5PunkBuster Client: Not Connected to a Server
"

Here is my config :
Pentium 1.2GHz
nVidia GeForce 2 MX
128Mo RAM
Linux RH9 updated
(349Mo free HD on /)

Tested issues :

  • Disabling the firewall => change nothing
  • Using default config file => idem
  • Testing on a private server => idem
  • Reinstalling ET => idem
  • Patching ET with all possible patchs => idem
  • Downloading all possible pk3 (to avoid slow connections problem) => idem

Note that it was working fine a few weeks ago, no connection problem, it appears quite suddendly, without any change to my config (the computer is only used to play ET) nor computer update (between the time it was working well and now).

So, here is the state of the art, and nothing seems to solve the problem…
I would be very happy to try any idea.

(Sauron|EFG) #2

When trying to connect to a server, the downloading takes a lang time (2/3 minutes) and when finished (juste before entering the limbo)

I assume that you’re not really talking about downloading new maps, but loading one that you already have?
This is known to happen if it takes too long to load a map, and the only way around it is to make sure it loads faster. The solution is to get more RAM.

(PaPaBeAr) #3

Install ET and then install the 1.02 update open you’re game choose connection type lan\cable\dsl name you’re self config you’re ET then download the PB updater link
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=updatepb.php before running the PB updater make sure you Enabled the PB from you’re game coz if the PB was disabled it will
not update. It should work. :bump:

(senator) #4

some times ago maps took awfully long to load, turned out that my HD was heavily fragmented, after defragmenting the maps load a LOT faster now :slight_smile:

The problem really is that you are registered on the server as soon as you start to load the map and if it takes you too long you might get kicked for inactivity.

(nojhan) #5

Some precisions :

  1. I am on Linux on an ext3 file system, so you can forget the fragmentation problem as this filesystem handle the right way the HD (only 0.3% non-contiguous at my last boot). Don’t forget that windows is not the reference for the operating systems :wink:
  2. I have tried the PunkBuster update, but the problem persists.
  3. It was working quite well before, the problem seemed to appear suddenly, whithout any modification of the system, so that a HD/Ram problem can not be considered…
  4. The problem seems to appear only in public server, when connecting to small personnal server (through internet or lan) it works.

I think that a downloaded mod or pk3 or an update (well I don’t know) have perhaps break something… but what ?