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Quote from CobraHeski

Thanks for the reply bacon,

I've read around a little and I've seen some say that the i5 isn't good for running servers as it was designed to run on desktop machines, what is your opinion on that.

I would question that those people are using for a comparison.

Any machine can be used as a server really, it's just a matter of how much extras you want/need. Some people don't consider anything that doesn't support IPMI and ECC with a iLO interface to be a server.

I've see minecraft servers running on Core 2 duo desktop machines 24/7 for years. Yes, a 'server' chip is meant for 24/7 operation, but most desktop chips will do just fine.

Quote from CobraHeski

And now I'll bring the Xeon X3430 into the picture. Out of the three which would be the best for running a mid-sized server?

Define mid sized. With a minecraft server, currently your main concern will be the performance of single threaded jobs (vanilla and bukkit are not really multi-threaded).

Another comparison site: http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-X3430-vs-Intel-Core-i5-3550

Keep in mind that with the Xeon, the supporting costs may increase. Generally, only workstation/server class boards support Xeons and most require ECC RAM, vs a desktop board that uses the i5 will not.

I would go with the i5 myself. It's more expensive, sure, but all around it's a better chip.

The AMD has a better 'bang for the buck' factor and can potentially be overclocked (which would increase the cost of running it due to increased power draw and additional cooling from the extra heat), but that's about it.

Comparison page: http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/356/AMD_FX-Series_FX-4100_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-3550.html

The way your connection appears to be set up means that you will not be able to host a server.

Look at the basic settings page you linked to at http://i.imgur.com/m2sM4Hm.png

Your IP is a private IP. This means that something else is 'in front' of your netgear that is doing NAT and blocking connections from the outside from reaching your server. Whatever that device is, it needs to have port forwarding set up to point to the netgear.

Quote from jakeob22

Quote from flameoguy

But... he got me banned... for reviewing.

If you are reviewing something, you probably shouldn't let them know anyway. This way, the staff won't be extra nice to you and you will get an average experience, which is the point of reviewing. When you tell them that you are going to review their server, they probably thought you were going to ask for special privileges to see what it would be like to be staff on the server or something.

This.

Considering that one of the most often used tactics by griefers is to claim to be from $BIG_MINECRAFT_REVIEW_SITE and ask for admin/ops privileges to 'review' a server, it's not surprising if you got banned for saying you are reviewing a server.

Whoever banned you probably thought that you were going to ask for admin/ops and decided to just 'nip it in the bud', as it were.

This is why the reviewer section of the guide exists.

Unfortunately, what you are experiencing is a server side thing. The admin of the server is the one that needs to fix this, there isn't anything you can do from a client side (expect for changing your IP).

Quote from ploopys1234

Thanks! I thought I had finished my entire PEX perms, but this error came up, and I don't know how to fix it!

ERROR:

while parsing a block mapping
in "<unicode string>", line 2, column 3:
Guest:
^
expected <block end>, but found '<block mapping start>'
in "<unicode string>", line 59, column 4:
prefix: '&2[Corporal]&2 ' 

Here's my YAML file:
http://pastie.org/7816279

This is a formatting issue.

On line 59, the prefix for the corporal group, is not spaced far enough in. Add one more and it should work.

A few other things:

• I did notice a few typos, such as the prefix line for the group named private (you have preifx there ). Double check those.

• Your groups that have the * node. First, the node is '*', not "*" (single quotes vs double quotes). Second, you have inheritance defined for those groups. This is unnecessary and can cause slowdowns with the number of groups you have. The * node already gives access to everything, you don't have to inherit any others.

• You have a lot of groups defined. As you appear to be using PEX, you might run into some slowdowns with that many groups. If you do, I'd suggest either looking at setting up the SQL backend (instead of the file) or use a different permissions plugin. I like PEX and use it myself, but it does have some limitations.

Quote from TwoPoint

I am Using PermissionsEx I would like to know whats wrong and why it is now recognizing that i have it.

You typoed in your permissions file.

Line 42, the prefix for the admin group, you ended the line with a double quote, where it should be a single quote. This causes the following error on the YAML parser at http://yaml-online-parser.appspot.com/ , which makes your file as it is, invalid YAML, causing PEX to not fully load and run. Look in your server log file, and I bet you will see a similar error it in:

ERROR:
while scanning an alias
in "<unicode string>", line 45, column 8:
	 - '*'
		 ^
expected alphabetic or numeric character, but found "'"
in "<unicode string>", line 45, column 9:
	 - '*'
		 ^

BTW, you have the admin group using the '*' node, you don't need the rest of the nodes, '*' in PEX gives the group that has it access to all permission nodes already. Just make sure to read the PEX wiki on the potential "gotchas" of using it.

Quote from atomicicey

Ohhh so - plotme.use is a valid entry oh ok

Mind you, that node was just one. A large amount of your permission nodes in that file were like that, you will need to fix them all.

Quote from ghostydusk

Hi, in my permissions, there are supposed to be prefixes, but the prefixes do not show up? IF you could tell me what formatting error I did wrong, or even better, correct it, it'd be awesome. Thanks alot! I am using PEX

http://pastebin.com/RrCAAyFt

What chat manager plugin are you using (you have to have one for prefixes to show up)? If you are trying to use the chatmanager plugin that comes with PEX, your prefix lines are in the wrong place (they don't go under options).

Quote from TFxXRampageXx

This is mine and I;m not sure how to deal with it. Prefixes do not show up when I use the command. (PermissionsEx)

http://pastebin.com/pLpiKnWL

Your permissions are valid YAML. What chat manager are you using? You have to have one for prefixes to show up.

This is quite common with a lot of people who don't know how a computer works, much less Minecraft. They have no idea what the computer can do, and with all the overblown hype and fear mongering over 'hacking' the media does to gain viewers and such, it's not too surprising.

Since the forums are community run, if you want the absolute last word and the wiki page and the posts from others on here are not enough, you could always try sending a message to the devs themselves. According to the mojang web site, the group currently working on Minecraft are Jeb, Dinnerbone, EvilSeph, and Grum. Their email address is on the mojang web site, you or your parents could try emailing them and see if they respond?

I've tweeted Marc this thread. Hopefully he will be able to chime in as well and that will be enough for your parents, seeing a reply from a Mojang employee.

To be fair, some of the points in that doc are not accurate any longer, and PEX is undergoing a major rewrite as well (the devs are redoing it from scratch according to comments I've seen in the dev bukkit and github).

That being said, PEX isn't perfect and to do some of the things it does (which is what made it my permissions plugin of choice), it pretty much as to go against how Bukkit does what it does. I've yet to find a permissions plugin that is as flexible and powerful as PEX.

Ralex is working on a plugin as well, and he was able to get a debug mode similar to the one PEX has, but I don't think he feels the plugin is ready for prime time yet, but I look forward to see what it can do once it's done.

Having run a server both on Linux and windows for about nine months, now, I know the ins and outs of most plugins - And I find it fairly easy to learn how to work plugins that are new to me. I'm here to offer help to anyone who needs it, with a few stipulations. If you can fill out the form, below, using correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation, I'll add you on the messaging service you choose, and see about helping you out.

NOTE:
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