A healthy Palworld server prints a few lines at every start that look like errors: dlopen failed trying to load: steamclient.so, flock ... failed. errno = 13 and Tried to access Steam interface ... before SteamAPI_Init succeeded. They are normal. The start is fine when the Console then shows Running Palworld dedicated server on.
Normal lines
| Line | What it means |
|---|---|
dlopen failed trying to load: steamclient.so and steamclient.so: cannot open shared object file | Palworld first looks for Steam's library in one place, then finds it in another: a later line says Loaded '/home/container/.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so' OK. |
flock /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/sys_vendor ... failed. errno = 13 | Part of every healthy start. Palworld carries on loading after it. |
Tried to access Steam interface SteamUser021 before SteamAPI_Init succeeded. and similar lines, each starting with a Steam API FAIL tag | Part of every healthy start. Palworld carries on loading after it. |
Updating key: AdminPassword with value: (hidden) | The panel writes your settings into the game's file and hides the passwords. |
Updating empty key: ServerPassword | You have no join password set. |
Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 2394010 and Disabling core dumps. | Part of every healthy start. |
These lines appear on every healthy start of a Palworld server.
Lines that mean something
| Line | Meaning |
|---|---|
[playnhost] WARNING and a path ending in WorldOption.sav | The world has its own settings and ignores Gameplay Settings: Palworld Gameplay Settings changes do nothing |
[playnhost] Palworld did not answer for 2 minutes | A Stop came while Palworld was still loading, so it was stopped without a save. |
[playnhost] Kicked a player who is not on this server's whitelist | The whitelist did its job: How to make your Palworld server private with a whitelist |
Unknown command | Palworld does not have the command you typed: How to use the Console on your Palworld server |
If the badge goes back to Offline on its own, or the server never reaches Running Palworld dedicated server on, see Palworld server problems and fixes.
