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Grex System Problems
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Mar 22 05:26 UTC 2002 |
This item is for system problems. If something on Grex isn't working
right (line noise on a modem, weird behavior from a program, etc.),
this is the place to announce it. Except for security holes. If you
find a hole in system security, mail information about it to "staff".
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mrmat
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response 1 of 215:
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Mar 22 11:34 UTC 2002 |
I keep getting a command to press return (enter) again after I've already done
it. Also the last response of any item I look at is usually cut off. this has
been happening since Thursday. Thanks.
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aruba
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response 2 of 215:
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Mar 22 15:57 UTC 2002 |
The terminal server took about a minute to connect me to Grex just now.
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eeyore
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response 3 of 215:
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Mar 22 16:35 UTC 2002 |
Grex running sssslllloooooooooowwww.......
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rlejeune
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response 4 of 215:
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Mar 22 19:55 UTC 2002 |
It has been pretty slow today.
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remmers
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response 5 of 215:
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Mar 22 22:38 UTC 2002 |
Seems to be better now.
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davel
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response 6 of 215:
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Mar 24 12:28 UTC 2002 |
(1) Will one of the appropriate people please link this to the helpers conf?
(2) This may relate to the problems Sindi frequently reports using kermit to
transfer files. Last night I was trying to download a fairly large text
file. First I used kermit. It kept disconnecting the modem early on.
So I gave up & tried just looking at it. cat to the screen caused it
to hang up, after just a couple of screens full, very consistently (though
probably not at exactly the same place - not sure). Even doing ls -l
on a directory large enough to generate a couple of screens full
disconnected the modem. If I had to guess, my guess would be that the
modem I was on is not doing flow control with the terminal server &
hangs up when it gets buffer overruns - but what do I know?
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applet
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response 7 of 215:
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Mar 24 12:39 UTC 2002 |
Hi every one!...i wat to make frinnd.
forget
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tpryan
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response 8 of 215:
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Mar 24 13:20 UTC 2002 |
Hey, I get that ls -l problem above also.
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keesan
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response 9 of 215:
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Mar 24 15:41 UTC 2002 |
Try dialing in to 761-5041 - it seems to have solved all my disconnect and
download problems. I was hoping someone had found the time by now to remove
whatever modem is on 761-3000 or at least switch it with something at the end
of the queue. I also used to get disconnected on occasions other than using
Kermit (I think when hitting keys too fast in Pine) and don't now.
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russ
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response 10 of 215:
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Mar 24 20:12 UTC 2002 |
Re #6: Yes, that's exactly the behavior I see on one of the
modems. (And despite YEARS of complaints, the staff has still
made no attempt to fix it, or even determine which modem.)
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scott
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response 11 of 215:
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Mar 24 20:51 UTC 2002 |
Russ, staff (me, actually) has done a number things over the years to try to
improve modem performance and reliability.
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russ
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response 12 of 215:
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Mar 25 00:24 UTC 2002 |
nslookup is STILL not working. It displays no messages and
simply sits until you break out of it.
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keesan
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response 13 of 215:
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Mar 25 01:07 UTC 2002 |
Has anyone else been unable to print emails in Pine by typing Y? It used to
work. Printscreen works. I am using Kermit, same as always. I checked this
when my friend with the angels reported that her printer stopped working but
print screen still worked for her.
Russ, I don't think complaints are appropriate in a volunteer
organization. Suggestions are acceptable, thanks are appropriate. I thank
Scott in advance in case he finds the time to switch modems and in the
meantime have solved the problem by not dialing 761-3000. Why don't you try
the same solution?
I also thank Scott, again, for the time he came over to figure out why
I was having modem problems and explained something about flow control on my
end, and got things working correctly. Way beyond the call of volunteer duty.
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gelinas
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response 14 of 215:
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Mar 25 01:53 UTC 2002 |
In Pine, Y defaults to "Attached-to-ansi"; if your terminal software does
not support an attached ANSI printer, you can't print. So look at the
settings of your teminal program.
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russ
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response 15 of 215:
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Mar 25 03:12 UTC 2002 |
Re #13: Until Scott piped up above (which was after I wrote #12,
albeit before I was able to post it) I had seen little or no
feedback. Suggestions for debugging the modems appear to go into
a black hole even when the effort appears minimal, and has for
years.
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gelinas
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response 16 of 215:
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Mar 25 03:45 UTC 2002 |
} Respond, pass, forget, quit, or ? for more options? !nslookup \
coll.staff.itd.umich.edu
} Server: localhost
} Address: 127.0.0.1
}
} Non-authoritative answer:
} Name: coll.staff.itd.umich.edu
} Address: 141.213.231.101
What's the problem?
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