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Grex > Helpers > #138: Grex System Problems - Winter 2004/2005 |  |
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tsty
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response 421 of 870:
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Jan 17 01:13 UTC 2005 |
soemthing, is bogging grex BigTime (tm).
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gelinas
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response 422 of 870:
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Jan 17 03:57 UTC 2005 |
I don't know what is going on. I've had to kill several connections in the
past hour. I can get to another machine in the pumpkin, without problem.
Maybe things have cleared up.
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russ
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response 423 of 870:
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Jan 17 04:15 UTC 2005 |
The connection problems seem to extend to incoming mail.
It just took 5 minutes to get the previous line to echo.
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russ
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response 424 of 870:
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Jan 17 04:30 UTC 2005 |
Further information:
The lag is on a per-connection basis; while an ssh session is
locked up, I can ping Grex with sub-200 msec ping times and
establish another. So, something is hanging individual
connections. This points to a stack bug or configuration issue.
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aruba
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response 425 of 870:
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Jan 17 06:53 UTC 2005 |
Terrible lag on ssh, no lag on dialup.
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drew
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response 426 of 870:
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Jan 17 07:23 UTC 2005 |
Could we get the mail system to do without that silly MAILER-DEMON Do Not
Delete This Message file that it insists on having? The mail system on Old
Grex managed without it.
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tsty
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response 427 of 870:
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Jan 17 07:55 UTC 2005 |
terrible bogging on direct telnet as well .. dunno about dialup (so far).
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dpc
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response 428 of 870:
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Jan 17 16:42 UTC 2005 |
I'm having *serious* lag when I come into the conferences through
backtalk. At about 9:55 a.m. this morning I got to the "Welcome
to Grex's Backtalk Conferencing System!" page without too much
delay. I pressed the button "Enter Conferences". The system
was trying to reach ~/cgi-bin/pw/backtalk/pistachio/begin", but
it took *nearly two minutes* for the "Connect to" box to pop up.
I entered my loginid and password, and there was another
very long delay before I was able to reach the entry page for
the conferences.
Is this "normal" behavior?
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rcurl
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response 429 of 870:
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Jan 17 17:17 UTC 2005 |
Long delays still occurring.
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tsty
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response 430 of 870:
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Jan 17 17:43 UTC 2005 |
yup ...... still - any staff have this info yet?
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rksjr
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response 431 of 870:
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Jan 17 21:10 UTC 2005 |
Temporarily disabling the automatic idle log-off program, might be a
useful palliative measure. Even though not treating the cause, it would at
least treat a major symptom.
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russ
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response 432 of 870:
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Jan 17 21:40 UTC 2005 |
Another fact:
While my connection looks "stuck" and is failing to echo,
I can type and watch packets go out and return in sync with
the keys. The problem looks like a dropped packet without
a proper retransmit.
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albaugh
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response 433 of 870:
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Jan 17 22:41 UTC 2005 |
Welcome to the Winter 2004/2005 Agora!
Your Host: Katie Geddes
New Users: Welcome to Grex!
This conference has been restarted. Type "join fall" for the old version.
80 brandnew items
First item 1, last 81
Is it just me, or did everyone have their "what have your read" info trashed?
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tod
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response 434 of 870:
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Jan 18 01:22 UTC 2005 |
Yea, I had to do a fix and "r since jan 17"
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russ
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response 435 of 870:
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Jan 18 04:23 UTC 2005 |
Mail to Grex is starting to bounce because of the network problems.
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keesan
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response 436 of 870:
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Jan 18 15:41 UTC 2005 |
Iam dialed in and the speed is great and pine works but still no new mail.
Any chance of moving early to provide.net?
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gull
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response 437 of 870:
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Jan 18 15:45 UTC 2005 |
I can still only use Grex via dialin. Backtalk never really gets anywhere,
ssh connections die slow and painful deaths.
Anyone have a clue what the issue is?
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rcurl
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response 438 of 870:
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Jan 18 17:03 UTC 2005 |
Same question - would staff please let everyone know what is going on, and
the prospects for fixes?
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cross
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response 439 of 870:
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Jan 18 20:13 UTC 2005 |
This response has been erased.
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jor
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response 440 of 870:
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Jan 18 23:05 UTC 2005 |
blindingly fast right now.
(I shouldn't say blindingly.)
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russ
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response 441 of 870:
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Jan 18 23:15 UTC 2005 |
Mail continues to bounce due to inability to get SMTP connections.
Backtalk is timing out on both anonymous and "login" access attempts.
Grex is effectively unusable by any means of connection, for all purposes.
Re #439: That explanation is certainly wrong. I can send pings
and open new connections even while one connection is hung. The
link is up, but something is happening to halt traffic on individual
connections. This is probably why SMTP is failing.
If nothing is done to fix the problem of connections hanging, a
move to a faster line at provide.net will not help anything.
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cross
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response 442 of 870:
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Jan 19 00:48 UTC 2005 |
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russ
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response 443 of 870:
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Jan 19 01:15 UTC 2005 |
Then why doesn't retry fix the problem with the hung connection? I
can type things and see echo packets all the while.
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cross
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response 444 of 870:
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Jan 19 02:06 UTC 2005 |
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gelinas
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response 445 of 870:
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Jan 19 04:03 UTC 2005 |
Dan, what do you do on gryps? Anything other than ssh on to grex?
I've not been doing anything strenuous on groupie, but it does seem responsive
when grex is not.
Sometimes, I've been able to open a new connection to grex while the old one
is hung. Sometimes, I've seen one connection hang and another not.
I'm not convinced it's a problem affecting all machines on our network;
I've insufficient evidence.
To those complaining: yes, staff is aware of the problem and is trying to
figure it out. We simply don't have anything else to report. :(
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