Problem Running Server in Linux Uses Home Folder

[Flexico]

I used the Forge launcher to install MC server 1.10.2 to a folder on my HD. However, when I run either the vanilla server or the Forge one, it looks to my /home/flexico/ folder for the files like /mods/ folder and eula.txt, instead of the folder the .jar files are in.

 

[Henry Link]

How are you launching it? Double clicking the .jar or .sh files? Best to run a shell/terminal then change directory (cd command) to the location of the .jar and .sh files then use ./ServerStart.sh to run the server. You shouldn't run the .jar files directly because you can't specify java arguments.

 

[Flexico]

Ah, thanks! That did the trick.

Oh wait, "-nogui" isn't supported anymore? Is there a way to get rid of that thing so I can just use the terminal?

 

[lenscas]

Ah, thanks! That did the trick.

Oh wait, "-nogui" isn't supported anymore? Is there a way to get rid of that thing so I can just use the terminal?

even if the gui is on you should be able to use the terminal but as we all know that gui sucks to disable it you simply remove the - sign. Thus you get something like

java -Xms1G -Xmx1G -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui

Note: the above comes from the minecraft wiki and thus may not work.... (also, I know that 1GB of RAM is too low for a server, I just copied that line from the same page)

 

[Flexico]

Ah, that works! Thanks. Hah, the last server I ran was on Windows 7 and Java 7. XD Now it's Linux Mint and Java 8.

 

[GreenZombie]

Good grief. When launching a minecraft server, modded or vanilla, *Always* enable the concurrent garbage collector unless you like a periodic glitch (i.e. block lag) every few seconds (Accompanied by a console message "Server is behind by xxx ticks)

java -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -Xmx2G -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui

 

[Flexico]

Noted, thank you. :3