[GH-ISSUE #858] ARK server not starting #690

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opened 2026-02-27 02:03:09 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-27 02:03:09 +03:00

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Originally created by @surfarcher on GitHub (Jun 4, 2016).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/858

Raised this a week ago on the steam forum but no help :-( Hoping I have better luck on here.

Port forwarding all looks 100%. I believe my debian config has been tweaked appropriately, regarding file limits, etc.

But no luck. Running through debug it seems to hang at a Steam API. I know this theoretically might not be an issue but no amount of waiting seems to have the server up and netstat doesn't have anything running on a port in the 777X range.

Info as outlined in the sticky thread...

Game server: arkserver

Distro: Debian

Linux cerebro 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u2 (2016-01-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Logs:
./arkserver debug http://pastebin.com/FtfXbDte
./arkserver details http://pastebin.com/EPc12971
ark-server-console.log http://pastebin.com/uV4bGjWm
ark-server-script.log http://pastebin.com/9AwYy554

Starting the server, waiting 10 seconds and running "netstat -nap | grep Shoot" only gives ...

udp 768 0 0.0.0.0:27015 0.0.0.0:* 2078/ShooterGameSer

And ./serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Logs/ShooterGame.log is zero length at this point :-(

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Originally created by @surfarcher on GitHub (Jun 4, 2016). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/858 Raised this a week ago on the steam forum but no help :-( Hoping I have better luck on here. Port forwarding all looks 100%. I believe my debian config has been tweaked appropriately, regarding file limits, etc. But no luck. Running through debug it seems to hang at a Steam API. I know this theoretically might not be an issue but no amount of waiting seems to have the server up and netstat doesn't have anything running on a port in the 777X range. Info as outlined in the sticky thread... Game server: arkserver Distro: Debian > Linux cerebro 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u2 (2016-01-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux Logs: ./arkserver debug http://pastebin.com/FtfXbDte ./arkserver details http://pastebin.com/EPc12971 ark-server-console.log http://pastebin.com/uV4bGjWm ark-server-script.log http://pastebin.com/9AwYy554 Starting the server, waiting 10 seconds and running "netstat -nap | grep Shoot" only gives ... > udp 768 0 0.0.0.0:27015 0.0.0.0:\* 2078/ShooterGameSer And ./serverfiles/ShooterGame/Saved/Logs/ShooterGame.log is zero length at this point :-( Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

kerem closed this issue

2026-02-27 02:03:09 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-02-27 02:03:10 +03:00

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2016):

Hi,
There is no console output for Ark, and the steam API happens in any steam game, that's a non-issue, so look elsewhere.

Netstat should look like this :

arkserver@game:~$ netstat -nap | grep Shoot
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:27625           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      538/ShooterGameServ
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:7778            0.0.0.0:*                           538/ShooterGameServ
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:27015           0.0.0.0:*

I don't see a lot in my logs

cat ShooterGame-backup-2016.06.04-13.35.08.log
[2016.06.03-09.01.32:697][  0]Log file open, 06/03/16 11:01:32
[2016.06.03-09.01.32:697][  0]Primal Game Data Took 3.62 seconds
[2016.06.03-09.03.25:497][  0]Commandline:  TheIsland?listen
[2016.06.03-09.03.25:497][  0]Full Startup: 117.19 seconds (BP compile: 0.00 seconds)
[2016.06.03-09.03.25:497][  0]Number of cores 4

What's the output of your iptables ?
iptables -L

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2016): Hi, There is no console output for Ark, and the steam API happens in any steam game, that's a non-issue, so look elsewhere. Netstat should look like this : ``` arkserver@game:~$ netstat -nap | grep Shoot tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:27625 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 538/ShooterGameServ udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:7778 0.0.0.0:* 538/ShooterGameServ udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:27015 0.0.0.0:* ``` I don't see a lot in my logs ``` cat ShooterGame-backup-2016.06.04-13.35.08.log [2016.06.03-09.01.32:697][ 0]Log file open, 06/03/16 11:01:32 [2016.06.03-09.01.32:697][ 0]Primal Game Data Took 3.62 seconds [2016.06.03-09.03.25:497][ 0]Commandline: TheIsland?listen [2016.06.03-09.03.25:497][ 0]Full Startup: 117.19 seconds (BP compile: 0.00 seconds) [2016.06.03-09.03.25:497][ 0]Number of cores 4 ``` What's the output of your iptables ? `iptables -L`

kerem commented

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2016):

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/linuxgsm/discussions/0/364042703857868173/

Go back to it, i'll try to help there, along with Cedar.
Github is used for development, and this is obviously a user/distro/firewall/whatever configuraiton issue.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Jun 4, 2016): http://steamcommunity.com/groups/linuxgsm/discussions/0/364042703857868173/ Go back to it, i'll try to help there, along with Cedar. Github is used for development, and this is obviously a user/distro/firewall/whatever configuraiton issue.

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@lock[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2018):

This thread has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. Please open a new issue for related bugs.

@lock[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2018): This thread has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. Please open a new issue for related bugs.