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500 - Internal Server Error

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  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    edited May 2006
    I'm easily getting at least 10 of these every time I visit PA.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2006
    Is it just me, or is this "500 error" getting worse? Before it would happen maybe twice a day and a simple reload would fix it. Now I get it like every ten clicks and reloading or hitting back, etc. doesn't seem to fix it right away. I had the impression that this would all be sorted out when the forums were moved to the new hardware, which I though happened a few weeks ago. Am I wrong?

    E3. The forums are under serious load right now, and something delayed the switch-over, so we're still on the old hardware.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Triple B wrote:
    I'm easily getting at least 10 of these every time I visit PA.
    <insert refund joke here>

    Henroid on
  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Henroid wrote:
    Triple B wrote:
    I'm easily getting at least 10 of these every time I visit PA.
    <insert refund joke here>

    :|

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
    edited May 2006
    The user and all related content has been deleted.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Who the hell is Lord Buttfag? :wink:

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2006
    Triple B wrote:
    Henroid wrote:
    Triple B wrote:
    I'm easily getting at least 10 of these every time I visit PA.
    <insert refund joke here>

    :|
    He's right you know, Triple B

    you haven't paid a damned penny for this forum

    you should be glad you can read and post in it

    Not that it entitles us, but you do realize some of us have paid into the site, right? Back when PA accepted donations, and we even got our own sub-forum for it.

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  • SalmonOfDoubtSalmonOfDoubt Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    The problem lies in something in the software on the box touches a bad piece of ram, causing the connection between the instance of the webserver and the PHP process that handles the request. The webserver takes this to mean that the server handlign the PHP processes is dead, and says 'Okay, I'll retry again in 30 seconds' Now the server the PHP processes are on, and the webserver are one and the same, but the webserver doesn't know that.
    That is a magic number hardcoded into the webserver, to fix it would require me to go into the webserver source and fix it to not wait 30 seconds, but immediatly try to recreate the connection, and then I would take the poll time down to ~5 seconds. I'm not above doing that, infact, I've done similar things for PA before, but recompiling a webserver application on broken hardware is a very tedious thing, as about half way through the rebuild, the machine will lock.
    Couldn't you just pop down the shop and get some replacement RAM or something?

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2006
    The problem lies in something in the software on the box touches a bad piece of ram, causing the connection between the instance of the webserver and the PHP process that handles the request. The webserver takes this to mean that the server handlign the PHP processes is dead, and says 'Okay, I'll retry again in 30 seconds' Now the server the PHP processes are on, and the webserver are one and the same, but the webserver doesn't know that.
    That is a magic number hardcoded into the webserver, to fix it would require me to go into the webserver source and fix it to not wait 30 seconds, but immediatly try to recreate the connection, and then I would take the poll time down to ~5 seconds. I'm not above doing that, infact, I've done similar things for PA before, but recompiling a webserver application on broken hardware is a very tedious thing, as about half way through the rebuild, the machine will lock.
    Couldn't you just pop down the shop and get some replacement RAM or something?

    Gee, I'm sure he hadn't thought of that. You're hired, genius.

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  • SeñorAmorSeñorAmor !!! Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    The problem lies in something in the software on the box touches a bad piece of ram, causing the connection between the instance of the webserver and the PHP process that handles the request. The webserver takes this to mean that the server handlign the PHP processes is dead, and says 'Okay, I'll retry again in 30 seconds' Now the server the PHP processes are on, and the webserver are one and the same, but the webserver doesn't know that.
    That is a magic number hardcoded into the webserver, to fix it would require me to go into the webserver source and fix it to not wait 30 seconds, but immediatly try to recreate the connection, and then I would take the poll time down to ~5 seconds. I'm not above doing that, infact, I've done similar things for PA before, but recompiling a webserver application on broken hardware is a very tedious thing, as about half way through the rebuild, the machine will lock.
    Couldn't you just pop down the shop and get some replacement RAM or something?

    Pretty sure the server is locked up in a nice colo-center somewhere thousands of miles from alpha. Even if it was in the same city as he is, he wouldn't have physical access to it anyway, unless he gave a handjob to the security guard outside the door.

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  • Gotcha ForceGotcha Force Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    i think its party time for 500 interal server errors or something... ive gotten 3 in the past half an hour (and i mean 3 individual, ive refreshed probably 50 times to get rid of each)

    edit: make that 6

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  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    D:

    I have gotten like 50 errors in the past hour, and thats not the number of refreshes, thats the number of individual errors.

    Its like theres an Internal Server Error Orgy and everyone is invited.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2006
    I've had a lot all day, and then the site was timing out for a few hours. Still, I am very thankful for all of the hard work alphamonkey does.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    I just got one.

    Make that two.

    Make that three.

    Looks like the new hardware isn't helping much.

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  • Carl with a KCarl with a K Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    I just got one.

    Make that two.

    Make that three.

    Looks like the new hardware isn't helping much.

    Same here D:

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Nope different error 500.
    This is progress, though it doesn't look like it.

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  • Gotcha ForceGotcha Force Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    I just got one.

    Make that two.

    Make that three.

    Looks like the new hardware isn't helping much.

    same

    O BOY O BOY!!!!

    EDIT: AWESOME WHEN I WENT TO SUBMIT I GOT ANOTHER ONE!!

    dreams do come true

    edit2: 500 internal error is still saying YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!!!


    EDIT #40529871:
    awesome on my way to 3 other threads in monkey den after making this post i just got denied by a flood of 500 server errors for 2 of the threads!

    its like christmas time!!!

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    I know I know. I'm attached to the php process in gdb right now waiting for another 500 to occur.

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  • ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited May 2006
    hope your still attached to them.

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  • The CelestialThe Celestial Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    I know I know. I'm attached to the php process in gdb right now waiting for another 500 to occur.
    Hunt it down Alpha. Hunt it down and destroy it like the dog it is.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Gotcha Force, stupid being such a whinning baby.

    Henroid on
  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Looking clear so far. Good job.

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  • SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    They is back :(

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2006
    Yeah, they're back in full force.

    I don't envy your job, Alpha, but I sure as hell appreciate your work.

    Like I said before, if you manage to fix this stuff, I'll buy you a burrito the size of your leg at PAX.

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  • ImranImran Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    It's kind of funny how many 500 server errors I got trying to get to this page.

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  • ImranImran Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    It's kind of funny how many 500 server errors I got trying to get to this page.

    Imran on
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  • SlandererSlanderer Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Imran wrote:
    It's kind of funny how many 500 server errors I got trying to get to this page.

    I got like 12 in a row trying to open the last page of this thread.

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    Midshipman wrote:
    Looks like the Catholic Church would have fired the Virgin Mary if they had been in business back then.
    Hey, if God had sent an angel down to the principal's office that said, "Don't fire the bitch, the big man knocked her up." I am sure he would have given it due consideration.
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  • IonMageIonMage Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    I too am getting them once again.

    Ironically, I got a record amount of them trying to get to this topic. Wasnt keeping track, but I think this one may be the record holder.

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  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    edited May 2006
    I haven't been getting them for the last few minutes.

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  • The CelestialThe Celestial Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    FYI, Alpha.

    I just got these two errors multiple times on the main page about 10 minutes ago around 2240Zulu.

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    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/Angelarms/PAerror02.jpg

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  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Errors seem to be clearing up for me. Forum is running damn fast now too. Crossing my apendages that its fixed.

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    I was getting so many earlier I assumed the forums were down.

    Still, progress is progress.


    And if I ever meet you Alpha*, the drinks are on me**





    *Without the use of a night-vision scope.
    **Not literally. What, are you dense or something?

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited May 2006
    i want to echo the appreciative statements too.

    Cheers Alpha, if you're ever in town, the first round's on me

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Hey All. Rumor has it the forums were down for a bit tonight. My appologies. I'm activly looking for a permanent fix.

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited May 2006
    They seem to be taking a break *knocks wood*, but for most of the day I couldn't even get past the 500 errors to read the forums let alone post.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Thank goodness for backup forums!

    >.>

    Odd how the forums went down when I was making a post. Think it'll happen again? GAMBLE!

    Henroid on
  • ctishmanctishman Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Everyone I see at PAX in this shirt gets a to share in a cruel group laugh at the expense of a webmaster who's lived a three-month-long server maintenance nightmare.

    Edit: Joke's on me. Now Cafepress is having server problems. Once they're back up, I'll repost the link.

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    :P

    In other news I applied some configuration changes to try and fix the elusive error 500. Here is to hoping :wink:

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  • ctishmanctishman Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    Alpha: If you're coming to PAX, let me know! I'll buy you a shirt.

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited May 2006
    ctishman wrote:
    Alpha: If you're coming to PAX, let me know! I'll buy you a shirt.
    Ha! I'm game. I'll tell you what, you buy me the shirt and I'll wear it all day on Saturday. Deal?

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