TMN on linux "autostart"

[ming]

i run all my tm server and record scripts through webmin.
since i need to reboot my server at least once a day, this fits my needs quite well.

i created 2 tiny startup scripts, one for the server and one for aseco (both can also be combined into one file) and added those in the "scheduled cron jobs" in webmin

tm-server.sh:

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#!/bin/sh
sleep 5
cd /home/gamesrv/tm/united
./TrackmaniaServer /game=united /dedicated_cfg=dedicated_cfg.txt /game_settings=rasp-tracklist.txt /internet 
echo "tm united started"

aseco.sh:

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#!/bin/sh
sleep 10
cd /home/gamesrv/tm/united/xaseco
./xaseco.sh
echo "united aseco started"

but dont forget to add some more sleeptime in the aseco startscript to make sure your tm server is already running, otherwise aseco wont be able to connect to it.
you should also create a new user on your box, to avoid running those processes as root!

you can either let them boot with the server, or give them a specific time to start.
check and/or kill the process under the "running processes" tab.

hope this is useful to some people

cheers

[k4nm4n]

Can someone tell me why i get this when i try to start XAseco: /home/k4nm4n/tmf/xaseco/Aseco.sh: 2: php: not found
I have LAMP installed on Ubuntu Desktop

[nouseforname]

Can someone tell me why i get this when i try to start XAseco: /home/k4nm4n/tmf/xaseco/Aseco.sh: 2: php: not found
I have LAMP installed on Ubuntu Desktop

looks like the path to the php executing file is wrong.
should be more like this:

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/opt/lampp/bin/php Aseco.php

[k4nm4n]

looks like the path to the php executing file is wrong.
should be more like this:

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/opt/lampp/bin/php Aseco.php

OPT folder is empty and i don't know what to write inside Aseco.sh file
Is this right? I just changed the path to xaseco folder. Before was cd /home/tmf/xaseco

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cd /home/k4nm4n/tmf/xaseco
php aseco.php TMN </dev/null >aseco.log 2>&1 &
echo $!

[nouseforname]

Is this right? I just changed the path to xaseco folder. Before was cd /home/tmf/xaseco

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cd /home/k4nm4n/tmf/xaseco
php aseco.php TMN </dev/null >aseco.log 2>&1 &
echo $!

no. the path inside the aseco.sh should be the path to the php executing. the file itself (aseco.sh) must be inside the aseco dir.
in my case, i use xampp, the content of aseco.sh is:

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/opt/lampp/bin/php Aseco.php TMU </dev/null >aseco.log 2>&1 &
echo $!

this part must be the path to the php executing

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/opt/lampp/bin/php

i dont know where it is at your system.

[k4nm4n]

The Lampp in Ubuntu doesn't have the php executable file and i don't know why. I figured out that is missing because I run the old TrackManiaServer in a Box and there is the executable file with the link php. I'll try to look on Ubuntu forums for the solution. tnx

[k4nm4n]

Tnx for your help again, I found the solution here: LINK

[penguisher]

Hello,

Got a problem here.
When I try to start that script I get this error:
.: 18: Can't open /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

my startup script is like this.

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#!/bin/sh
#
# Starts TMF script
#
# chkconfig: 345 94 06
# description: TMF is the TrackMania Forever server

MYDESC="penguisher"
MYPATH=/home/penguisher/TrackmaniaServer_2009-08-01
MYNAME=TM
MYPROC=TrackmaniaServerF
MYLOCK=$MYNAME
DAEMON=$MYPATH/server.sh
MYPIDF=/var/run/$MYNAME.pid
MYCMND="$MYPATH/server.sh"

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Make sure the daemon directory is in the front of the path list
PATH=$MYPATH:$PATH

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
        # Change to package directory so config paths can be relative
        cd $MYPATH || \
          { echo "$0: Can't cd to $MYPATH" ; exit 1 ; }
        # Make sure the daemon exists
        [ -f $DAEMON ] || \
          { echo "$0: Daemon not found: $DAEMON" ; exit 1 ; }
        # See if we are already running
        # Note: kill -0 _PID_
        #       returns true if process _PID_ is alive and accepting signals.
        [ -f $MYPIDF ] && kill -0 `cat $MYPIDF` 2>/dev/null && \
          { echo "$0: $MYPIDF exists and process is running" ; exit 1 ; }
        echo -n "Starting $MYDESC: "
        echo "$MYNAME "
        su -l -c "$MYCMND" tmf | tee $MYPIDF
        PID=`sed -n 's~.*with pid=\([0-9][0-9]*\).*~\1~;/^[0-9]*$/p' $MYPIDF`
        echo $PID > $MYPIDF
        chown tmf.tm $MYPIDF
        touch /var/lock/subsys/$MYLOCK
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Shutting down $MYDESC: "
        echo -n "$MYNAME "
        killproc $MYNAME
        rm -f $MYPIDF
        echo
        rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$MYLOCK
        ;;
  status)
        status $MYPROC
        ;;
  restart)
        $0 stop
        sleep 1
        $0 start
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0

And can you tell me what this line means? MYPROC=TrackmaniaServerF
I'm not familiar with startup scripts so I don't understand what the code does, I just replaced the standard directories with my own.

[ferenyl]

I belatedly discovered that the 'status' option for these scripts doesn't work, due to the fact that the startup scripts call wrapper scripts which in turn call the dedicated server and XAseco PHP system. Here are updated versions to correct that:

/home/tmf/TMF/RunTrackmaniaForever.sh :

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cd /home/tmf/TMF
./TrackmaniaServerF /game_settings=MatchSettings/stadium_all.txt /dedicated_cfg=dedicated_cfg.txt

/etc/init.d/tmfd :
.......

does this work on debian systems like ubuntu?

[Xymph]

does this work on debian systems like ubuntu?

No, but this should.

[frank1985au]

For those of us using Arch Linux, this script will do the job:

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#!/bin/bash
# tmf-dedi - Control the TMF Dedicated Server
#
# general config

TMF_TYPE=lan
TMF_CONF=dedicated_cfg.txt
TMF_SETTINGS=MatchSettings/Nations/NationsWhite.txt
TMF_BINDIP=""
TMF_PIDFILE=/var/run/tmf-dedi.pid
TMF_SERVNAME=TestServ
TMF_PATH=/home/tmnf/TMForever
TMF_FORCEIP=""
TMF_USER=tmnf

. /etc/conf.d/tmf-dedi
. /etc/rc.conf
. /etc/rc.d/functions

getval () {
  eval echo \$$1
}

check_conf () {
  stat_busy "Checking TMF configuration"
  case $TMF_TYPE in
    lan|internet) ;;
    *) stat_busy "TMF_TYPE may only be 'internet' or 'lan'"
       stat_die
    ;;
  esac

  for i in TMF_CONF TMF_SETTINGS TMF_PATH TMF_PIDFILE TMF_SERVNAME; do
     if [ ! "$(getval $i)" ]; then
       stat_busy "$i must have a value"
       stat_die
     fi
  done
  stat_done
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    check_conf
    stat_busy "Starting Trackmania Forever"
    if [ -s $TMF_PIDFILE ]; then
      stat_fail
      # probably ;)
      stat_busy "Trackmania Forever is already running"
      stat_die
    fi

    options="/$TMF_TYPE /dedicated_cfg=$TMF_CONF /game_settings=$TMF_SETTINGS"
    options="$options /servername=$TMF_SERVNAME"

    if [ "$TMF_BINDIP" ]; then
        options="$options /bindip=$TMF_BINDIP"
    fi
    if [ "$TMF_FORCEIP" ]; then
        options="$options /forceip=$TMF_FORCEIP"
    fi

    cd $TMF_PATH; sudo -u $TMF_USER ./TrackmaniaServer $options &>/tmp/startlog.$$

    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
      stat_fail
    else
      grep '^Trackmania server' /tmp/startlog.$$ | \
        sed -e 's/^.*pid=//' -e 's/ .*$//' > $TMF_PIDFILE
      rm /tmp/startlog.$$
      add_daemon tmf-dedi
      stat_done
    fi
    ;;
  stop)
    stat_busy "Stopping Trackmania Forever"
    kill -TERM `cat $TMF_PIDFILE` &>/dev/null
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
      stat_fail
    else
      rm $TMF_PIDFILE
      rm_daemon tmf-dedi
      stat_done
    fi
    ;;
  restart)
    $0 stop
    sleep 1
    $0 start
    ;;
  check)
    check_conf
    ;;
  *)
    echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|check}"
esac

and the config file - /etc/conf.d/tmf-dedi (configured for an online server):

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TMF_TYPE=internet
TMF_CONF=dedicated_cfg.txt
TMF_SETTINGS=MatchSettings/Nations/NationsBlue.txt
TMF_BINDIP=""
TMF_PIDFILE=/var/run/tmf-dedi.pid
TMF_SERVNAME=TestServ
TMF_PATH=/home/tmnf/TMForever
TMF_FORCEIP=""
TMF_USER=tmnf

EDIT: You'll need to install sudo for this to work - it's not included.

[thleeree]

EDIT: You'll need to install sudo for this to work - it's not included.

that was my problem until i found it out))