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".

384 responses total.

HAHAaha "staff".

AHAH<AH IAGREE< "STAFF"

(the Pistachio interface for Backtalk appears to be "broken" in reading 
the newest Agora in that, after selecting a series of items to read, 
including new items, I find that trying to advance to the first new 
item by using the "next item" button instead returns me to the very 
first items, in order, likely never to reach the new items.  this might 
be because Backtalk has stuck "-1" where a different number should be.)

http://www.grex.org/cgi-bin/pw/backtalk/pistachio/read?isel=5-13,-1-14,-
1-15,-1-16&conf=general&csel=@5&tmprsel=3-$&noskip=1&item=4&rsel=new

Hmmm. I use pistachio and havent noticed that problem

Same here.

Use Abalone.

I don't know whether this qualifies as a system problem, but I note
that the motd references item 80 in Agora for further information on
grex walks.  

Can someone please update the motd once a grex walk item has been entered
in the Winter Agora?

I updated the motd to reference OldAgora until someone gets around
to posting a walk item in the current Agora.

Usually I set the walk items, but winter Agora is always a problem because
I'm wrapped up with holiday stuff.  I'll get it done for next weekend.

Thanks guys!

W0W

newuser  ttyp1    Thu 4pm  2days      1      1  more -d

 /x is overflowing

/x does not matter.

I'll take your word for it

It seems to be taking an inordinate amount of time for email to get "sent".
I use pine, and once i "control x" to send it, I wait for maybe 10 - 15
seconds before it does anything.  

It seems to me that it used to happen much faster.

This has been happening for at least 3 days.

grex.org is not resolving from my japan based ip addresses
nor at least one isp in hawaii.  is there a problem with
the dns server?

grex.org is not resolving from my Michigan ISP, either.  I got here
using cyberspace.org.

Mail is not being sent within at least 30 sec  (I finally hit Ctrl-C) and I
have not received any mail, even  spam, for the past 12 hours or so.
ssh from grex did not work for me this morning.

Earlier, when I tried to use lynx to access google.com, it sat for several
minutes.  It then gave a message saying something about "my hostname", which
I think it gave as grex.cyberspace.org, not existing.

www.cyberspace.org is not resolving, and mail sending is failing from
Pine.  When I try to send mail, it sits there for about a minute, then
exits with "Illegal instruction (core dumped)".

        Just tested, incoming and outgoing email.
        Negative funtion.

I got that message again (out of the blue, while telnetted out from Grex, &
AFAICS manifesting no other problem except the message).  Here's the exact
text:

My host name (grex.cyberspace.org) does not seem to exist!: Connection timed
out

what up, grex.org don't work, but cyberspace.org does.  Too much typing!

grex.org DNS problem still unresolved.

grex.cyberspace.org also fails. cyberspace.org still works.

I've restarted named; we'll see if that helps.

I have the vague impression that one of the domain names is in the process
of being transfered.  I wonder if that has anything to do with this.

I don't think it does, Jan.

I tried getting the domain files from grex.cyberspace.org and failed, which
makes it likely that puck.nether.net and dns.gibbard.org couldn't get them,
either.  After restarting named, I succeeded in getting the domain files.
It looks like nether.net and gibbard.org have some of the records but not all.
I'm hoping they will soon try again to update from us.

        (funCtion, sheesh. Negative spelling.)

I seem to be able to get to grex.org, but not to cyberspace.org

Still not working.

cyberspace.org works from some places, grex.org from others.  various
subdomains of either work depending on the server from which i'm testing.
looks like we are watching a wave of soa expirations.

I've sent a message to our secondaries, to ask that they jump-start the zone
transfers.  It looks like one has, but the other hasn't yet.

grex.org is now working for me again.  This appears to be progress.

I wish I'd remembered about cyberspace.org. grex.org was inaccessible for
several hours from these parts, too.

They're both working for me now.  cyberspace.org was transferred from
Verisign to Dotster recently - the transfer was complete on (I believe)
December 31st.

I was not able to telnet to grex.org (  had to use the ip) but I was able to
browse www.grex.org. [yesterday]

I have not received any mail including spam since some time Friday evening.

- Backtalk version 1.3.30 - Copyright 1996-2006, Jan Wolter and Steve Weiss