[sof2er]

Could you try the following please on a clean installation:

http://sof2er.www.idnet.com/mmsource...7-linux.tar.gz
http://sof2er.www.idnet.com/sourcemo...6-linux.tar.gz
http://sof2er.www.idnet.com/left4downtown.rar

Don't forget to generate your metamod.vdf

then make sure l4d_maxplayers is on 8, if that doesn't work try l4d_maxplayers on -1.