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Grex > Helpers > #138: Grex System Problems - Winter 2004/2005 |  |
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response 712 of 870:
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Feb 11 11:12 UTC 2005 |
Dial-in/modems/problems:
What i'm hearing definitely sounds like continuous, bad line noise. I've
no problems (& don't hear line noise) dialing other places. Dunno...i'd
say it must be in the trunk line (vs. "last mile") from what folks are
saying, but i'd also thought that noisy trunk lines were a thing of the
past.
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keesan
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response 713 of 870:
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Feb 11 17:07 UTC 2005 |
Could the noise be from using 25' phone cords? I still can't dial in either.
It has worked twice in the past few days.
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gregb
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response 714 of 870:
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Feb 11 17:19 UTC 2005 |
Possible, especially if the cord is bundled up.
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albaugh
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response 715 of 870:
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Feb 11 18:28 UTC 2005 |
> Last I looked, the mail quota was 5MB.
At the time I was given the "100% full" message yesterday, I'm pretty sure
I had nowhere near 5MB worth of mail in the inbox.
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gelinas
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response 716 of 870:
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Feb 12 03:04 UTC 2005 |
You probably know this, but
ls -l /var/mail/<loginid>
will show the size of <loginid>'s inbox.
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keesan
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response 717 of 870:
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Feb 12 03:12 UTC 2005 |
Jim offers to put together a regular phone cable that will plug into the phone
jack at one end and have two jacks for SHORT phone lines at the other end (or
perhaps the cable could plug directly into two modems? - how far apart are
they?). But first he has to recover from the flu as he cannot do this too
well while in bed.
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tsty
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response 718 of 870:
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Feb 12 20:59 UTC 2005 |
weird here ....
grex% w
3:52PM up 3 days, 9:40, 36 users, load averages: 1.08, 0.86, 0.84
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
volt p0 tran.adsl.mustan 2:59PM 5 -tcsh
politie p1 gn-lwb-5c43.adsl 3:49PM 0 (pine)
cross p3 sl-aafes1-40-0.s 2:42PM 4 -tcsh
tsty p4 pcp03303701pcs.y 3:45PM 0 w
jvmv p5 200-203-131-127. 3:16PM 0 gate /c/j/v/jvmv/cf.buffer
smoke p7 ACD89C61.ipt.aol 3:51PM 1 -bash
jn p8 port1364.ds1-by. 3:48PM 1 -bash
gudri p9 - 3:30PM 0 /usr/local/bin/bbs
vallica pa 81.12.221.23 3:23PM 0 -bash
test19 pb pcp745288pcs.res 3:10PM 0 vi testing.txt
unix22 pc dup-200-65-13-13 3:36PM 8 vi copiar
cross pd sl-aafes1-40-0.s 3:46PM 0 screen -r
cross pe fubar.cshack.net Wed09AM 0 vi minunit.h
marcvh pf c-24-18-218-42.c 3:27PM 15 -bash
frank60 q0 130.182.168.175 2:45PM 0 -bash
aym q1 130.182.168.209 2:46PM 0 /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/help
radi q2 83.238.4.98 3:46PM 0 lynx
steve q4 pcp04149896pcs.s 12:01AM 0 -sh
q76 q5 user6.47.udn.pl 3:51PM 0 -bash
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
hackerpt ft bl6-11-28.dsl.te Fri05PM 0 -
grex%
plus ...............
grex% f -m hackerpt
Login: hackerpt Name: hackerpt
Directory: /a/h/a/hackerpt Shell: /bin/bash
On since Fri Feb 11 17:04 (EST) on ftp13449 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:08 (EST) on ftp10539 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:08 (EST) on ftp1084 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp3456 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp21571 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp21872 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp15683 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp17847 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp4871 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp26602 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp440 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp24252 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp25520 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp19024 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp14084 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:09 (EST) on ftp19333 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
On since Fri Feb 11 17:14 (EST) on ftp16240 (messages off)
from bl6-11-28.dsl.telepac.pt
No Mail.
No Plan.
seems to be stuck somehow ...
portugal has arrivedd
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cross
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response 719 of 870:
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Feb 12 21:42 UTC 2005 |
This response has been erased.
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twenex
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response 720 of 870:
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Feb 13 03:13 UTC 2005 |
What a crock.
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cross
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response 721 of 870:
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Feb 13 03:33 UTC 2005 |
This response has been erased.
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gelinas
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response 722 of 870:
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Feb 13 04:13 UTC 2005 |
An update on the modems: I didn't get a chance to call SBC on Thursday or
Friday. I did find 140 feet of cat5 cable in my basement. I _couldn't_ find
my crimper, so I plan to buy a new one tomorrow, make a couple of cat5
telephone cords of appropriate length, and then get to Provide.Net to install
them. The last step may not happen until Monday, though.
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naftee
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response 723 of 870:
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Feb 13 07:38 UTC 2005 |
whip me up a batch of pancakes, cross.
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keesan
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response 724 of 870:
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Feb 13 14:59 UTC 2005 |
Jim has a crimper you can borrow, also some of the round grey cable normally
used to run phone lines, whatever it happens to be. I think his idea was to
make one line with something at the end to plug two phone cords into. Or if
the modems are fairly close, perhaps he can make something that plugs directly
into the modems (soldered instead of plugged, better contact).
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rcurl
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response 725 of 870:
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Feb 13 20:15 UTC 2005 |
Splitters, which can be added to the end of an ordinary phone cord, are "dirt
cheap". It isn't worth the time to make custom cords.
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gracel
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response 726 of 870:
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Feb 13 22:33 UTC 2005 |
It's telling me that my mailbox is 98% full, when I have just over
one megabyte of mail in it. Furthermore, for the last several days
it has refused to let me delete anything (if I was able to read it
at all) because I was over quota in /temp.
Yesterday and today, also getting the incredible line noise that won't
let me dial in.
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davel
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response 727 of 870:
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Feb 13 23:34 UTC 2005 |
(To add to #726, as one who watched and tried to help:
(1) On dialin, the modem connects, but it gets what appears to be continuous,
severe line noise, never a visible dialin prompt of any kind. As with
others who have reported this, the only difference on our end is the
number being dialed.
(2) Grace was able to use elm to read her mail, but when she exited, if she'd
made any changes (deleted any messages), it told her that her limit was
exceeded on /tmp. To add insult to injury, or maybe more injury, it left
the original copy of her mailbox in /tmp, blocking future attempts to even
run elm. That limit needs to be at least doubled, I'm afraid.
(3) Her problems with elm were greatly exacerbated by the amount of spam Grex
is letting in. The mailbox keeps getting bigger & bigger, but the limit
on /tmp won't let her delete any of it.
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keesan
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response 728 of 870:
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Feb 14 00:16 UTC 2005 |
Is it possible to hand-edit the mailbox? Or maybe to download it first and
then read it and delete it at grex? Please try my .forward and .procmailrc
as a filter - just the first 20 filters (and the first and last three lines
or so) of .procmailrc are needed and change keesan to davel or gracel.). My
long filter catches 95% of spam but the first 20 parts should do about 90%.
A quarter or so of my spam is sent to one of about ten other grex addresses
in a batch mailing, most of the rest has java or images or a few key words
like medication.
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jor
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response 729 of 870:
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Feb 14 01:06 UTC 2005 |
yahoo email is free.
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keesan
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response 730 of 870:
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Feb 14 15:33 UTC 2005 |
I get lots of spam with header 'To:': benny, amit, ebsy, eh, kleptic, krex,
makji and hal9000, none of whom exist at grex. Could someone set up a
systemwide procmail filter on these? (I also get spam addressed to at least
6 currently active grexers). Putting Subject:...prescripiton and
Subject:...taladafil and X-Message-Info, img.src, and java would catch at
least half of the rest of the spam. Does anyone WANT to get emails with these
at grex? In my case at least nobody but spammers writes me about medications
or meds, but maybe some people discuss those with their friends, along with
cumshots and mortgage refinancing.
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other
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response 731 of 870:
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Feb 14 17:51 UTC 2005 |
Any about cumshot refinancing?
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gelinas
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response 732 of 870:
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Feb 14 20:55 UTC 2005 |
Just a heads-up: I'm not going to get to Provide.Net today. :(
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gelinas
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response 733 of 870:
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Feb 15 23:03 UTC 2005 |
I got there today.
My Cat5 cable contained two eight-conductor cables: one blue and one yellow.
I put an RJ-11 connector at each end of each of them (leaving four wires
unused in each cable) and put that in place of the separate telephone cords
we had been using. So that part of the problem should be fixed.
I also plugged a telepone directly into the test jacks: one (0512) was dead,
and the other (0513) was so noisy that the telephone wouldn't dial through.
I called SBC from another line in the facility to report the problem. They
promised by repair by tomorrow evening. That should take care of the second
part of the problem.
Since only one line was working, 0513, and only tty00 has been used, I changed
the order of the modems so that 0512 would be on tty00 and 0513 would be on
tty01. Now we wait for the lines to be fixed to see if I fixed that part of
the problem, as well.
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keesan
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response 734 of 870:
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Feb 15 23:31 UTC 2005 |
Thanks a lot Joe. I hope SBC will also refund us the charges for the period
when the lines were not usable. I look forward to dialing in again.
Maybe then I will be able to print out my email again? When I try (with %
or with Y after enabling that), the file just scrolls across the screen but
does not print to 'attache-to-ansi' - or maybe I simply don't know how to
print in linux, though I did insmod three modules - parport, parport_pc and
lp - do I also need lpr? Normally I just dial in with DOS and kermit.
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gull
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response 735 of 870:
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Feb 15 23:45 UTC 2005 |
My experience with SBC is that you should expect it to take several
tries to get a reliable line. Hopefully they'll do a better job for you,
though.
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edina
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response 736 of 870:
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Feb 16 00:07 UTC 2005 |
Ok, once again when I logged on, it showed all the items in the winter agora
as being brand new. What's up with that?
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