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Grex > Helpers > #144: Grex System Problems - Fall 2005 | |
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remmers
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response 183 of 276:
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Dec 7 20:00 UTC 2005 |
We seem to be running out of pty's. It may be a problem of
"screen" processes not getting deleted when people log off.
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lowclass
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response 184 of 276:
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Dec 9 21:25 UTC 2005 |
Can somebody on staff Help with my Mailbox? THe inbox on my user account has
disappeared. I'd send email on the problem, but I have( obviously) no way to
receive a staff response without an inbox.
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nharmon
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response 185 of 276:
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Dec 9 21:36 UTC 2005 |
What do you mean your inbox disappeared? It is gone from pine? Did your
mailbox file go away?
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mcnally
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response 186 of 276:
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Dec 9 22:28 UTC 2005 |
This response has been erased.
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mcnally
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response 187 of 276:
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Dec 9 22:30 UTC 2005 |
I sent a test message to the lowclass account and a new mailbox was
created normally.
bash-3.00# Mail lowclass
Subject: test mail.
Test mail, please ignore.
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Cc:
bash-3.00# ls -l /var/mail/lowclass
-rw-rw---- 1 lowclass mail 525 Dec 9 17:27 /var/mail/lowclass
Please let us know if you receive the message. If you're still
experiencing mail problems then please provide more detail.
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keesan
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response 188 of 276:
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Dec 10 03:33 UTC 2005 |
Is anyone planning to work on the modems this weekend?
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keesan
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response 189 of 276:
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Dec 10 18:35 UTC 2005 |
At least three of us who want to use the modems are paying members and at
least one paying member is considering no longer being a member if grex modems
cannot be made to work soon because he will have to pay some ISP, and uses
grex primarily just for text-mode internet access, and is not going to pay
both. Grex is better than an ISP, you can browse faster. I am talking to
him right now (using my ISP connection to access grex).
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nharmon
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response 190 of 276:
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Dec 10 18:59 UTC 2005 |
Grex's telephone bill each month is around $45. This means that the dues
of 7-9 paying members is used in providing the incoming dial-in access.
If Grex were to eliminate the modems and dial-in access and one or two
people stopped being paid members as a result, Grex would actually have
more money left over each month.
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rcurl
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response 191 of 276:
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Dec 10 19:14 UTC 2005 |
I thought that staff used the dial-in access in some trouble-shooting.
Does staff no longer have a need for this?
I also suspect that more than "one or two" people would drop out without
modem access. Remember that if that is all they have, then they aren't here
to make their views known.
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nharmon
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response 192 of 276:
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Dec 10 19:38 UTC 2005 |
Both are very good points.
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lowclass
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response 193 of 276:
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Dec 10 23:16 UTC 2005 |
THanks, I now have an inbox with my mailaccount.
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naftee
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response 194 of 276:
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Dec 11 00:54 UTC 2005 |
thanks.,lowelcase !
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keesan
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response 195 of 276:
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Dec 11 01:12 UTC 2005 |
I would be happy with just one modem. So, I suspect, would willann (who keeps
asking me why his mail is not working), wlevak, davel, and some other people
who don't post in bbs but use grex for email. It has been about a month now
that these people can't use grex, and some can't access the internet at home
either. My 'free ISP' (WCC) is subject to frequence stalls and slowdowns and
I would much rather dial grex directly so I can see what I am typing in real
time. If you get the modems going, wlevak can finish setting up the 33.3K
bank, using info from the net.
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dpc
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response 196 of 276:
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Dec 11 19:44 UTC 2005 |
Without modem access, I can't get my Grex email. Don't tell me about
ssh and other things my iMac doesn't support.
We promised modem access to Grex. We aren't delivering. Why not?
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nharmon
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response 197 of 276:
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Dec 11 21:02 UTC 2005 |
Your iMac doesn't support ssh? It should. What about telnet?
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rcurl
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response 198 of 276:
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Dec 11 21:40 UTC 2005 |
What operating system does your iMac have? If you have OSX, you have ssh.
Open Terminal and then Connect to Server (under File). It is *pretty*
self evident after that.
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steve
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response 199 of 276:
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Dec 13 04:41 UTC 2005 |
Grex got rebooted after a crash today. While there I made backups
of the /a, /c, /bbs, /etc and /var/mail parititons, and stuffed them
onto a DVD. Not a complete backup of the entire system, but all the
important changing parts. Fits onto one DVD, too.
The crash (last two, actually) have been releated to soft depends,
the system that delays file updates and speeds file I/O. I think
we're going to turn that off for the moment.
I didn't have time to work on the modei at this time. I was
home sick today which is how I managed to get to provide in time
to do this.
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steve
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response 200 of 276:
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Dec 13 05:53 UTC 2005 |
There is a fix for the softdep problem in 3.8-stable. I will
see about creating a new kernel tomrorow.
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rksjr2
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response 201 of 276:
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Dec 13 08:42 UTC 2005 |
Incidentally, thank you to staff for repairing the Lynx browser circa
December 1; it's working better than it has for many months.
I have not been able to post messages in the PicoSpan bbs from my other
account (rksjr), and am only able to do so now from a new account
(rksjr2).
My attempts to post messages (while in the rksjr account) in the bbs
system via the "r" command have yielded the following:
>Respond, pass, forget, quit, or ? for more options? r
>Got error 2 (No such file or directory) in unlinking edit buffer
>Can't creat edit buffer
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>Respond, pass, forget, quit, or ? for more options?
Also, my attempts to access other conferences while in the rksjr account
(similarly in PicoSpan), for example the Co-op conference, have yielded
the following:
>Ok: join coop
>Got error 69 (Disk quota exceeded) in writing participation file
Does anyone else have similar problems using the respond command or
accessing other conferences?
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twenex
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response 202 of 276:
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Dec 13 13:21 UTC 2005 |
Thanks for getting Grex back up and running, STeve.
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nharmon
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response 203 of 276:
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Dec 13 13:39 UTC 2005 |
Thanks Steve.
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keesan
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response 204 of 276:
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Dec 13 14:49 UTC 2005 |
That is great news about the crash being due to software not hardware.
But my 'ISP' (WCC) connection is still connecting via ssh at speeds that
are frequently 200 bytes/sec, when it is not stalling, and I would also
greatly appreciate a working modem, and wlevak might be willing to go out
there with someone and work on the problem (and then use grex as his
connection to get info on the 33.3K modem bank which he had nearly gotten
working when he lost grex access).
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albaugh
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response 205 of 276:
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Dec 13 23:59 UTC 2005 |
I'm wondering if lowclass didn't realize that all user mail had been zapped?
That would account for no "inbox" (file).
In other news, grex is not just about saving money any way it can. It has
a mission, part of which is providing free dial-up access. That involves an
expense to grex which must come from a funding source, namely its members.
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tod
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response 206 of 276:
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Dec 14 06:51 UTC 2005 |
In other news, grex is not just about saving money any way it can. It has
a mission, part of which is providing free dial-up access.
Dialup is part of the mission? What part of the bylaws is that in?
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rcurl
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response 207 of 276:
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Dec 14 07:15 UTC 2005 |
Bylaws and mission statements are two different things, so I would not
expect the bylaws to address the mission. However - does Grex have a mission
statement?
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