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Grex > Helpers > #138: Grex System Problems - Winter 2004/2005 |  |
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mcnally
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response 513 of 870:
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Jan 24 07:59 UTC 2005 |
Since I advised him to enter it in the "System Problems" item in Agora
without giving sufficient info on how to do that, I'm reposting a response
entered by user cobalt in another Agora item:
> (89) #11/11: CoBALT eins261 (cobalt) Mon, Jan 24, 2005 (02:51)
> Please pardon my off-topic question and I do not know how to post a new BBS
> statement. I hope someone will assist me. My problem is simple: prior to
> the GREX move to PROVIDE.NET I was able to "sign on" to Google.
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> Now I cannot. LYNX won't even access the url, and LINKS says "no route
> to host" when I attempt to access the SIGN IN link.
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> I am not aware of any imposition of restrictions regarding sign on to
> Google.
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> Please someone tell me what is wrong.
> Thank you.
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tsty
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response 514 of 870:
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Jan 24 09:16 UTC 2005 |
grex's move is spectacular - thankxx to gelinas & others
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gelinas
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response 515 of 870:
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Jan 24 13:16 UTC 2005 |
The problem with google is probably related to the web proxy, which is still
on the DSL link.
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davel
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response 516 of 870:
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Jan 24 13:30 UTC 2005 |
Logging in (via ssh), I saw:
mesg: Unable to find your tty (ttyp1) in utmp file
There is a mesg command in my .profile, but I don't understand this error.
I think I've seen it once or twice since the change to new Grex, but not
consistently. (But I might be wrong about either part of that.)
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gelinas
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response 517 of 870:
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Jan 24 13:43 UTC 2005 |
mesg has to find our entries in utmp in order to properly update wrttmp. Jan
discovered that OpenBSD apparenlty writes data to utmp later than it probably
should, so he added a delay and retry to mesg. Either the delay is not
sufficiently long, or something else is going wrong.
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gregb
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response 518 of 870:
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Jan 24 16:37 UTC 2005 |
Others have said it already, but thanks for the move, Joe. Backtalk's
running faster than I've ever seen it.
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cross
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response 519 of 870:
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Jan 24 16:44 UTC 2005 |
This response has been erased.
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keesan
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response 520 of 870:
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Jan 24 16:55 UTC 2005 |
I have not received any mail from the outside world since some time yesterday.
I can send myself mail from grex. Pine works. A message sent to staff from
my non-grex address bounced back at 4:37 am this morning after trying for four
hours.
Has anyone else received outside mail today?
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mcnally
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response 521 of 870:
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Jan 24 18:49 UTC 2005 |
I have confirmed Sindi's problem with mail by doing my own test.
About an hour ago I sent a message to Grex from kpunet.net.
Checking the outgoing mail queue on the kpunet server I can see
that my mailer's connection to grex has been timed out and the
message is deferred:
DNS from the remote host:
> # nslookup
> > set type=mx
> > cyberspace.org
> Server: localhost
> Address: 127.0.0.1
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> cyberspace.org preference = 10, mail exchanger = grex.cyberspace.org
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> > set type=a
> > grex.cyberspace.org
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> Name: grex.cyberspace.org
> Address: 216.86.77.194
Attempt to connect to Grex's mail daemon:
> # telnet grex.cyberspace.org smtp
> Trying 216.86.77.194...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
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gull
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response 522 of 870:
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Jan 24 19:26 UTC 2005 |
tcptraceroute to Grex on port 25 (the SMTP port) ends at
ypsi-sfld.provide.net (216.86.64.2)
tcptraceroute to Grex on port 80 shows that ypsi-sfld.provide.net is the
last hop before Grex. Looks like Grex's firewall is blocking port 25.
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albaugh
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response 523 of 870:
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Jan 24 19:39 UTC 2005 |
The following happened when telnetting and trying to connect as usual via
cyberspace.org The problem did not happen when immediately afterward I
connected via grex.org :
Connected to cyberspace.org
Grex central timekeeping. At the beep, the time is
2:25PM on Monday, 24 January 2005
New to grex? Type help at the login prompt
(ttyt6) grex login: albaugh
albaugh's Password:
This is NOT grex. Please use the domain name, not the IP address.
Dial-in Users: It will take a little bit longer to get the terminal
server properly configured. We apologise for the inconvenience.
- Grex Staff.
Connection closed by foreign host.
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albaugh
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response 524 of 870:
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Jan 24 20:23 UTC 2005 |
I just verified that the problem is repeatable - it wasn't a one-time glitch.
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albaugh
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response 525 of 870:
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Jan 24 20:24 UTC 2005 |
What the hell happened? I came back to bbs, and it says 91 new items!
What keeps destroying my agora participation file?!!!
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mcnally
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response 526 of 870:
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Jan 24 20:45 UTC 2005 |
re #525:
I haven't had any problems with my Agora participation file.
That proves nothing, of course, but it does suggest that people
who are having problems should probably at the very least add
the name of the program they're using to read Agora to help
staff debug.
I'm using "bbs" (whatever that's a front-end to these days) but
others may be using backtalk, fronttalk, or possibly other programs
to munge their conference participation files.
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jor
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response 527 of 870:
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Jan 24 20:56 UTC 2005 |
I'm using "bbs' and my .agora??.cf sems to have
gone away amd, more amazingly, come back. Twice.
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gull
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response 528 of 870:
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Jan 24 21:06 UTC 2005 |
Re resp:523: Looks like the name server you're using is still caching
Grex's old IP address. The problem may resolve itself given a day or so.
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albaugh
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response 529 of 870:
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Jan 24 21:19 UTC 2005 |
I always use bbs, from a shell session, unless backtalk (web) must be used
due to shell inavailability.
Under nextgrex, what happens to your (a) conference participation file if you
get idle logged out? In old grex, that was never a problem (you would have
to re-read the things before the logout happened, but you would lose your
entire participation record).
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twenex
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response 530 of 870:
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Jan 24 21:27 UTC 2005 |
I'm using bbs right now, but every time i try using the web interface, I get
the same problem as albaugh.
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scholar
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response 531 of 870:
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Jan 24 21:30 UTC 2005 |
http://www.thesameproblemasalbaughforjesus.org/
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keesan
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response 532 of 870:
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Jan 25 01:38 UTC 2005 |
Bbs, earlier today I also lost my agora.cf file and did a fixseen.
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gelinas
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response 533 of 870:
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Jan 25 18:51 UTC 2005 |
I think I fixed the terminal server to connect to the new machine last night,
so dial-in should be working again.
I also think I fixed the web proxy to accept requests from the new machine.
No, you aren't seeing double. I repeated the report here hoping to keep any
counter-examples to this, the "Systems Problems" item, and out of the
"Systems Announcements" item.
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mcnally
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response 534 of 870:
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Jan 25 19:08 UTC 2005 |
After a several-day-long mail drought I've received several messages
(Spam, of course..) Was it the reboot or was something else changed
network-wise?
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gelinas
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response 535 of 870:
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Jan 25 19:12 UTC 2005 |
I don't know; I had to start mail by hand after the reboot because it's not
starting automatically.
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albaugh
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response 536 of 870:
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Jan 25 21:18 UTC 2005 |
a) cyberspace.org still doesn't come here - only grex.org
b) insult to injury - my grex mailbox got filled up, but every time I try to
run mail to delete stuff, grex tells me /tmp quota exceeded, so I'm hosed.
I sent an e-mail to staff for ideas. Anyone else have any?
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scholar
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response 537 of 870:
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Jan 25 21:49 UTC 2005 |
paladin: no i'll be put in jail for beating someone to death with a keyboard
---- romantic joining from channel rightnow (Jan 25 16:47)
hayz3141: what! paladin is a violent man!
scholar: stop carrying on with a married man, pete!
scholar: what!
karenz: that would be a good bludgeoning instrument
scholar: why are you so violent, paldin?!
hayz3141: help! help
scholar: that won't help you get out of jail, you know!
scholar: karen!
hayz3141: paladin is a violent pyscho with a keyboard! help!
scholar: stop dishonouring your husband by cuckholding him!
scholar: help!
scholar: i'm going to post that in the system problems item, hayz!
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