FEAR dedicated server, DNS error.

[KangooVanMan]

Has anyone got one of these running? When I go to launch it I get this error

Initializing...
ERROR - Unable to use the selected network service.

Please verify that the host is configured with at least one valid DNS
server in /etc/resolv.conf. It may also be necessary to set a valid
hostname and domainname, and create a /etc/hosts entry for the host
so that it can resolve its own IP address.

In the ect/resolv.conf I have the routers IP, and in the ect/hosts I have that pc's local domain name, 192.xxx.xxx.xxxlocalhost localdomain. It only needs to run on the local network, although it would be better opened up too.
I'm at a loss, any ideas would be great, cheers.

 

[AndrewP]

Couple of things I can think of: it's usually

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain

in /etc/hosts or have you got /etc/resolv.conf in the right format? e.g.

nameserver ro.ut.er.ip

 

[KangooVanMan]

It's still the same . Thanks for the help though. It is a strange one.

 

[KangooVanMan]

Perhaps if someone has a working FEAR server they could paste their resolv.conf and their .host files here, maybe I could spot the difference to whats going on here.

 

[uk_viper]

ok is this been done from a home pc? or you renting a dedicated server or something?

 

[KangooVanMan]

No from home. I use my linux box to host game servers at home amongst other things, so that when our connection is bad the boy and I can still have a game.
The cs:s server was a doddle, this is proving rather taxing

 

[mynsa]

/etc/resolv.conf

is your router set up as a dns server? if not its worthless pointing nameserver at it


it should be

nameserver ip.address.of.valid.dns.server

/etc/hosts

should read

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

 

[KangooVanMan]

You have to designate a name server in the FEAR server.cfg, it won't work otherwise.

It is all setup correctly. This pc has a static LAN IP, with it's own DNS associated to it internally.

/ect/hosts hasn't been changed and indeed is as you put it. I have given up on it for now, as I deleted the downloaded file and cba to get it again. It must have been something simple but what I just don't know.

 

[uk_viper]

try an external dns server, theres plenty out there

 

[KangooVanMan]

Well after the posts here yesterday, it kind of spurred me on as I had given up on it. I downloaded the file again, unpacked it and it ran first time . must have been a corrupted DL.
Alls well that ends well. So cheers for the poke in the ribs and secondly if in doubt reinstall

 

[KangooVanMan]

Oh btw if you see 'kang0o's FEAR server' in the list pop in for a game and say hi, you all welcome