Waiting for Server Confirmation

[Hipster]

Hello,

I've had an issue that's been appearing on and off for a while here and I'm not sure what is causing it. However, it does force me to halt donations and answer complaints about why things don't work right, just until I restore the server to the last backup.

I own a DarkRP server, and occasionally I'll join the server and see that ULX has not loaded properly. I will generally open the ULX menu with a key I have bound to "xgui" and see "Waiting for Server Confirmation (5 Seconds)"

Then I see:


I'm using the newest version of ULX and ULib, and I have it installed through an SVN. (https://github.com/Nayruden/Ulysses.git/trunk/ulx) and (https://github.com/Nayruden/Ulysses.git/trunk/ulib) respectively.

Like I mentioned previously, this occurs randomly as far as I can tell. My solution is generally to restore the server from a backup, but then some players lose ranks, some lost money, points etc. But It's worth it in my opinion because it starts working again. Well, this time I restored it and it's working only half-way. Generally what happens when this occurs is that even me, the owner of the server, does not have access to any command. Money printers which are changed based on ULX ranks stop changing, ULX is a big mess.
This time after I restored, I get this error like always, except ULX appears to be functioning normally, with the exception that I can't make any changes such as changing the MOTD URL or such. Admins and Moderators have commands they can use except it will always echo the command but not display the admin, nor the target. Example: " brought ", or " kicked " where it should say "Admin brought user" and "Admin kicked user".

Thanks Ulysses Team,
Hipster

[JamminR]

Though you're explaining the 'results' of the problem, we'll need more information to troubleshoot.
Please provide server and any client logs of ULib/ULX errors that occur at server startup, map changes, and/or player connects when your problems occurs.
Additionally, later versions of DarkRP have an admin mod of their own that many have stated causes issues.
Do your errors occur when you remove all other addons except for ULib and ULX?
Without seeing errors, it sounds like conflicting code. (Heck, DarkRP alone makes us often cringe)

[Hipster]

Here's one error I'm noticing that I didn't used to get:

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L 12/19/2012 - 23:37:47: Lua Error:
[ERROR] lua/includes/extensions/string.lua:45: bad argument #1 to 'string_gmatch' (string expected, got nil)
1. string_gmatch - [C]:-1
2. Explode - lua/includes/extensions/string.lua:45
3. execString - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/util.lua:48
4. execFile - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/util.lua:29
5. unban - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/server/player.lua:245
6. call - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/util.lua:118
7. __fn - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/commands.lua:943
8. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/commands.lua:1296
9. unknown - lua/includes/modules/concommand.lua:69



[ERROR] lua/includes/extensions/string.lua:45: bad argument #1 to 'string_gmatch' (string expected, got nil)
1. string_gmatch - [C]:-1
2. Explode - lua/includes/extensions/string.lua:45
3. execString - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/util.lua:48
4. execFile - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/util.lua:29
5. unban - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/server/player.lua:245
6. call - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/util.lua:118
7. __fn - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/commands.lua:943
8. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/commands.lua:1296
9. unknown - lua/includes/modules/concommand.lua:69
I've uninstalled and re-installed multiple times. I'll look for some more errors, hopefully this can help in the mean time.

[Megiddo]

You're getting that error when trying to unban someone? Can you share your bans.txt file with us?

Do you have errors on server startup, too?

[Hipster]

Taking a look at console on startup, I don't see any issues. Here is the current bans.txt

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"STEAM_0:0:58027686"
{
"reason" "attempt rdm"
"admin" "Guy Fawkes [3RP](STEAM_0:0:41934492)"
"unban" 1355968903
"time" 1355959903
"name" "The Great Corruptor"
}
"STEAM_0:1:38347377"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:53724631"
{
"reason" "NLR up the ass"
"admin" "Detective Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
"unban" "1355796376"
"time" "1355191576"
"name" "SushiBawz"
}
"STEAM_0:1:20809046"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:34224343"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:50861383"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:50558040"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:48724962"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:35901997"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:40515719"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:51809693"
{
"unban" "1376871595"
"time" "1355271595"
"reason" ""
"admin" "(Console)"
}
"STEAM_0:0:30013696"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:5325145"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:26005612"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:41219497"
{
"reason" "1 month. See you next christmas!"
"admin" "Czar Matt Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
"unban" "1356484139"
"time" "1354064939"
"name" "messersmith"
}
"STEAM_0:0:19226135"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:50813057"
{
"unban" "1415022144"
"time" "1355022144"
"reason" "Minge"
"admin" "ColonShiftZero(STEAM_0:1:30790325)"
}
"STEAM_0:1:42971507"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:42656697"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:50805282"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:49408756"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:45293908"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:38182363"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:28992682"
{
"reason" "minge"
"admin" "Prophecey(STEAM_0:1:30790325)"
"unban" "1361023880"
"time" "1355023880"
"name" "HoneyBooBooSwag"
}
"STEAM_0:0:56387414"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:40671887"
{
"unban" "1355678006"
"time" "1355073206"
"reason" ""
"admin" "(Console)"
}
"STEAM_0:0:43745397"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:21515768"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:24887299"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:40954150"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:5454219"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:12072428"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:49313845"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:33051861"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:38292541"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:39674563"
{
"modified_time" "1353765876"
"reason" "Leo Cash"
"unban" "0"
"time" "1353765876"
"modified_admin" "Hipster(STEAM_0:0:25886545)"
}
"STEAM_0:1:51118414"
{
"unban" "1355708548"
"time" "1355103748"
"reason" "RDMer"
"admin" "Detective Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
}
"STEAM_0:0:53573790"
{
"reason" "propminge"
"admin" "Detective Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
"unban" "1356147461"
"time" "1355542661"
"name" "The Dark Energy of Prime"
}
"STEAM_0:1:44145173"
{
"unban" "1356055312"
"time" "1355882512"
"reason" "RDM, ban evade"
"admin" "Godfather Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
}
"STEAM_0:0:54072648"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:45986945"
{
"unban" "1356029865"
"time" "1355943465"
"reason" ""
"admin" "Conrad19994(STEAM_0:1:49285805)"
}
"STEAM_0:0:37558321"
{
"reason" ""
"admin" "Detective Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
"unban" "1355680047"
"time" "1355593647"
"name" "The_Doctor"
}
"STEAM_0:1:42287608"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:52557663"
{
"unban" "1356427963"
"time" "1354963963"
"reason" "RDM"
"admin" "R5 (STEAM_0:1:26756928)"
}
"STEAM_0:1:41946555"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:41756319"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:52492470"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:49577479"
{
"unban" "1355963396"
"time" "1355876996"
"reason" "RDM -[One Day ban]-"
"admin" "Geo [3RP](STEAM_0:1:42826725)"
}
"STEAM_0:0:27812000"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:29977012"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:40654598"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:52811495"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:48806197"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:31794736"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:40314907"
{
"reason" "Mass RDM -[One Week Ban]- Ban Appeal on forums."
"admin" "Geo [3RP](STEAM_0:1:42826725)"
"unban" "1355961536"
"time" "1355356736"
"name" "John Smith"
}
"STEAM_0:0:3357663"
{
"modified_time" "1355601465"
"reason" "Punchwhoring, NLR, disobedience."
"admin" "Detective Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
"unban" "1355687865"
"time" "1355601452"
"modified_admin" "Three(STEAM_0:0:16691262)"
}
"STEAM_0:1:58459781"
{
"reason" "RDM"
"admin" "Godfather Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
"unban" "1355696742"
"time" "1355610342"
"name" "calderhayden5"
}
"STEAM_0:1:43680799"
{
"reason" "Get out."
"admin" "Three(STEAM_0:0:16691262)"
"unban" "1355733592"
"time" "1355647192"
"name" "genjoshc"
}
"STEAM_0:0:49948141"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:36974233"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:31460793"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:52811192"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:51816636"
{
"reason" "reason"
"admin" "Uncle Dolan(STEAM_0:1:32972897)"
"unban" "1355811178"
"time" "1355551978"
"name" "trollinurgames"
}
"STEAM_0:0:48078817"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:34900904"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:58416346"
{
"reason" "Griefing"
"admin" "Guy Fawkes [3RP](STEAM_0:0:41934492)"
"unban" "1355875634"
"time" "1355875034"
"name" "mikejobmen"
}
"STEAM_0:1:55450810"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:35014068"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:25382564"
{
"unban" "1355990600"
"time" "1355904200"
"name" "Fenix"
}
"STEAM_0:1:21145313"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:34344752"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:52655022"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:6112268"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:44473090"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:46317069"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:42512901"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:39123049"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:33309378"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:55042664"
{
"reason" "NLR"
"admin" "Detective Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
"unban" "1355681310"
"time" "1355594910"
"name" "supremelifeform"
}
"STEAM_0:0:29196782"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:48325821"
{
"reason" "Attempted RDM, 1 day"
"admin" "Godfather Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
"unban" "1355698689"
"time" "1355612289"
"name" "weinfamily"
}
"STEAM_0:0:20507800"
{
"reason" "name changing doesn't help"
"admin" "Detective Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
"unban" "1356054871"
"time" "1355450071"
"name" "Im too good"
}
"STEAM_0:1:53737976"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:39772592"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:11464138"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:34608293"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:26885124"
{
"reason" "reason"
"admin" "Guy Fawkes [3RP](STEAM_0:0:41934492)"
"unban" "1355899061"
"time" "1355888261"
"name" "FIggleNauts_#$WAGGED_UP"
}
"STEAM_0:1:48110633"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:47192317"
{
"reason" "advertising"
"admin" "Detective Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
"unban" "1356058594"
"time" "1355453794"
"name" "«uTGA» MaloBalo"
}
"STEAM_0:1:46473062"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:55441457"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:38144778"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:51376290"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:34013013"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:4361521"
{
"reason" "RDMx2"
"admin" "Godfather Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
"unban" "1356487060"
"time" "1355882260"
"name" "Chuck SChuldiner"
}
"STEAM_0:0:30778116"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:53766603"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:0:17361306"
{
"modified_time" "1355882541"
"reason" "propspam"
"unban" "0"
"time" "1355882541"
"name" "Chef Voravas"
"modified_admin" "Godfather Damon(STEAM_0:0:19862254)"
}
"STEAM_0:1:50380869"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:4106277"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:48842922"
{
"unban" "0"
}
"STEAM_0:1:33948569"
{
"unban" "0"
}

However, 0 bans appear in the Bans tab of Xgui

[Megiddo]

Can you share your banned_user.cfg file from the cfg directory?

[Hipster]

Yeah, I can. o.txt says.

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lol
That's all.

[Hipster]

The server recently restarted and these errors are now occuring:

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[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/cl/xlib.lua:617: unexpected symbol near '<'
  1. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/cl/xlib.lua:0

[ULX] Loading SHARED module: chat.lua

[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/chat.lua:1: unexpected symbol near '<'
  1. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/chat.lua:0

[ULX] Loading SHARED module: fun.lua

[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/fun.lua:20: attempt to call field 'command' (a nil value)
  1. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/fun.lua:20
   2. include - [C]:-1
    3. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/cl_init.lua:17
     4. include - [C]:-1
      5. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulib/modules/ulx_init.lua:4
       6. include - [C]:-1
        7. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/cl_init.lua:23
         8. include - [C]:-1
          9. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/autorun/ulib_init.lua:5

[ULX] Loading SHARED module: menus.lua

[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/menus.lua:44: attempt to call field 'command' (a nil value)
  1. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/menus.lua:44
   2. include - [C]:-1
    3. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/cl_init.lua:17
     4. include - [C]:-1
      5. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulib/modules/ulx_init.lua:4
       6. include - [C]:-1
        7. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/cl_init.lua:23
         8. include - [C]:-1
          9. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/autorun/ulib_init.lua:5

[ULX] Loading SHARED module: rcon.lua

[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/rcon.lua:9: attempt to call field 'command' (a nil value)
  1. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/rcon.lua:9
   2. include - [C]:-1
    3. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/cl_init.lua:17
     4. include - [C]:-1
      5. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulib/modules/ulx_init.lua:4
       6. include - [C]:-1
        7. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/cl_init.lua:23
         8. include - [C]:-1
          9. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/autorun/ulib_init.lua:5

[ULX] Loading SHARED module: teleport.lua

[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/teleport.lua:1: unexpected symbol near '<'
  1. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/teleport.lua:0

[ULX] Loading SHARED module: user.lua

[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/user.lua:45: attempt to call field 'command' (a nil value)
  1. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/user.lua:45
   2. include - [C]:-1
    3. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/cl_init.lua:17
     4. include - [C]:-1
      5. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulib/modules/ulx_init.lua:4
       6. include - [C]:-1
        7. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/cl_init.lua:23
         8. include - [C]:-1
          9. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/autorun/ulib_init.lua:5

[ULX] Loading SHARED module: userhelp.lua
[ULX] Loading SHARED module: util.lua

[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/util.lua:1: unexpected symbol near '<'
  1. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/util.lua:0

[ULX] Loading SHARED module: vote.lua

[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/vote.lua:1: unexpected symbol near '<'
  1. unknown - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/sh/vote.lua:0

[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/cl/xgui_helpers.lua:28: attempt to index global 'xlib' (a nil value)
  1. makeXGUIbase - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/cl/xgui_helpers.lua:28
   2. fn - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/cl/xgui_client.lua:84
    3. Call - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/hook.lua:183
     4. fn - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/cl_init.lua:45
      5. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/hook.lua:183
       6. LocalPlayer - [C]:-1
        7. fn - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/cl_init.lua:39
         8. unknown - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/hook.lua:183

[ERROR] addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/cl/xgui_helpers.lua:28: attempt to index global 'xlib' (a nil value)
  1. makeXGUIbase - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/cl/xgui_helpers.lua:28
   2. fn - addons/ulx/lua/ulx/modules/cl/xgui_client.lua:84
    3. Call - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/shared/hook.lua:183
     4. fn - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/cl_init.lua:54
      5. func - addons/ulib/lua/ulib/client/cl_util.lua:22
       6. unknown - lua/includes/modules/net.lua:31


At this point, ULX doesn't appear to be working at all.

[Hipster]

***FIXED***

Thanks for pointing out the banned_users.cfg. That appeared to have been the issue all along. Thanks Ulysses team, you guys are fantastic. Keep up the great work.