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Grex > Helpers > #134: Grex System Problems - Summer 2004 |  |
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xpandora
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response 252 of 286:
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Sep 19 23:21 UTC 2004 |
I get a connection attempt to (TCP Port 6346) from 142.163.11.15
whenever I try to log on.It also takes around 70-80 seconds for a
prompt.
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xpandora
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response 253 of 286:
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Sep 19 23:23 UTC 2004 |
got the same connection attempt just as i hit the submit button on my
previous post.
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krj
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response 254 of 286:
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Sep 20 02:43 UTC 2004 |
Connectivity has been exceptionally unstable for the last couple of
hours. Type five lines in party at mosst, and then log in again....
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mcnally
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response 255 of 286:
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Sep 20 04:09 UTC 2004 |
re #252, 253: That's very odd, but probably a coincidence..
TCP port 6346 is used for the P2P file-sharing program gnutella
and "!dig ptr 15.11.163.142.in-addr.arpa" shows the host that's
trying to connect belongs to a Canadian ISP, sympatico.ca, probably
a user in Newfoundland.
> 15.11.163.142.in-addr.arpa. 86354 PTR stj515.nf.sympatico.ca.
I'll check my firewall logs tomorrow to see whether I'm getting the
same behavior but I suspect I won't be.
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tod
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response 256 of 286:
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Sep 20 18:10 UTC 2004 |
These sporadic lag sessions that last more than a minute every 4 minutes SUCK.
People keep getting booted off.
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keesan
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response 257 of 286:
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Sep 20 18:18 UTC 2004 |
I got 2 minute lags three times while telnetted to another shell account and
writing a single mail, not a terribly long one. More time down than up.
Telnetted from grex, I mean. I can't telnet there directly from DOS, it does
not like my DOS telnet program.
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aruba
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response 258 of 286:
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Sep 20 20:34 UTC 2004 |
I got a lot of long pauses today too.
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cmcgee
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response 259 of 286:
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Sep 21 01:04 UTC 2004 |
I got lagged completely off three times today, while dialed in, and was unable
to complete a short email.
Then, just now, it took more than 3 minutes to get from the welcome screen
to the login while dialing in.
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gull
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response 260 of 286:
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Sep 21 03:03 UTC 2004 |
Grex has gotten so unreliable in the last few months that, for the first
time since I created my account nine years ago, I've given up on using
it for email.
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albaugh
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response 261 of 286:
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Sep 21 04:07 UTC 2004 |
I'll give things the 4Q to clear up...
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rcurl
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response 262 of 286:
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Sep 21 05:38 UTC 2004 |
I've nearly done the same thing myself. It is not only the spam and the
downtime, but also that there have been no upgrades on handling file sizes
and types, while the rest of the online world is bloating.
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i
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response 263 of 286:
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Sep 21 12:22 UTC 2004 |
I just power cycled the DSL modem. Hopefully that'll cure it for a while.
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dpc
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response 264 of 286:
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Sep 21 13:18 UTC 2004 |
What Rane said.
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bru
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response 265 of 286:
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Sep 21 13:32 UTC 2004 |
I tried dialing in today and got an error.
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keesan
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response 266 of 286:
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Sep 21 16:18 UTC 2004 |
Someone that I send an email to complained they never got it. I sent it again
today directly, and also forwarded via another shell account. They just wrote
back that they got the SECOND mail. Is grex on Spamcop's blacklist again?
I got connected dialin after the usual wait. I tend to go wash dishes.
I hope that the new Grex has a version of Pine that can handle HTML (with
lynx). A friend of mine using grex for email has an ISP account specifically
to forward her html emails to because she cannot figure out how to deal with
them here. It expires in November.
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aruba
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response 267 of 286:
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Sep 21 17:16 UTC 2004 |
Thanks, Walter, for cycling the modem.
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mary
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response 268 of 286:
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Sep 21 22:34 UTC 2004 |
I'm not sure if this was announced somewhere or not, but folks should be
aware that if they have any files in their directories they'd mind
losing, they should get them off Grex or at least have a safe backup
stored elsewhere. The partition with user directories hasn't been
successfully backed up since sometime in 2003. And STeve thinks this
might be our next disk to fail.
If I got that wrong, someone with more information please set the
record straight.
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slynne
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response 269 of 286:
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Sep 22 02:07 UTC 2004 |
Thanks for the reminder, Mary
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tod
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response 270 of 286:
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Sep 22 17:12 UTC 2004 |
Would someone on staff please respond to item 196 in the coop cf? Thanks!
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albaugh
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response 271 of 286:
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Sep 22 18:03 UTC 2004 |
Are there any prospects for user partition backups any time soon?
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gull
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response 272 of 286:
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Sep 22 19:36 UTC 2004 |
I think Grex's policy has always been that the user partition is not
backed up on any regular basis. As long as I've been here there have
been warnings not to store anything too important there.
It doesn't take too long to tar up all your files and then use FTP or
SCP to copy them to your home machine.
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rcurl
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response 273 of 286:
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Sep 22 19:44 UTC 2004 |
I'd like some help in doing that. I can do it file by file, but can I just
compress and download my whole directory, and open it as needed on my
home Mac (OS X)? If so, how (e-mail me, if it convenient).
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gull
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response 274 of 286:
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Sep 22 20:01 UTC 2004 |
I'll post it here, so that other people can benefit, too.
To get all your files into one tarball:
Change to your home directory and type
tar cvf mystuff.tar .
If you then want to compress it, type
gzip mystuff.tar
and you'll end up with a file called mystuff.tar.gz.
I'm not sure what the best utility to open this on OS X would be, though
I bet you can extract it in a terminal with
tar xvzf mystuff.tar.gz
but if you want a GUI solution, something like StuffIt may work.
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gull
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response 275 of 286:
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Sep 22 20:02 UTC 2004 |
(Incidentally, I should probably point out that there's a period on the
end of that first command line. Don't forget it; it's there to indicate
you want everything in the current directory.)
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keesan
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response 276 of 286:
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Sep 22 20:13 UTC 2004 |
How about tar zcvf to produce .tar.gz ?
When I telnet here with Kermit it gives me some helpful hints about what is
taking so long: The Telnet server is not sending required responses:
WILL TERMINAL-TYPE
WILL NAWS
WILL NEW-ENVIRONMENT
WILL COM-PORT-CONTROL
Does this mean there is a software problem at grex?
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