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  • Fidopoll issue

    From cozmo@21:1/172 to All on Thu Feb 11 10:35:38 2021
    When I Fidopoll 21:3/100 I get this:
    FIDOPOLL Version 1.12 A46 2020/08/26

    Looking up address "21:3/100" in nodelist
    ---
    Scanning 21:3/100
    Queued 0 files (0 bytes) to 21:3/100
    Polling DIRECTORY node 21:3/100
    Move \hiberfil.sys to c:\mystic\echomail\in\
    Failed to move to \hiberfil.sys
    Move \pagefile.sys to c:\mystic\echomail\in\
    Failed to move to \pagefile.sys

    Any Ideas?

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: The Bottomless Abyss BBS * bbs.bottomlessabyss.net (21:1/172)
  • From bcw142@21:1/145 to cozmo on Thu Feb 11 12:40:42 2021
    On 11 Feb 2021, cozmo said the following...
    Polling DIRECTORY node 21:3/100
    Move \hiberfil.sys to c:\mystic\echomail\in\
    Failed to move to \hiberfil.sys
    Move \pagefile.sys to c:\mystic\echomail\in\
    Failed to move to \pagefile.sys

    Quit using Windows ;) Don't use hibernation, paging is OK, but you have some type of disk issue. Are you using an SSD or like flash drive? You can't use the default settings on them - they will hang the whole system. Real spinning drives you can shut the motor off, but you use that bit on an SSD and it shuts the whole drive off for that session. No drive, no OS. It's a Microsoft power settings default that will hang your system. The other possibility is permissions. For some reason it looks like hiberfil.sys & pagefile.sys can't be written or the configuration is really messed up and it's trying to write them to your echomail\in instead of the normal root OS.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/01 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From cozmo@21:1/172 to bcw142 on Thu Feb 11 15:43:43 2021
    I'd use Linux but too much of a learning curve for me. I'm just getting into setting up my BBS and it's hard enough to figure out all this. I figured out what was causing the problem. Some how I had changed my Session Type from
    BinkP to Directory.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: The Bottomless Abyss BBS * bbs.bottomlessabyss.net (21:1/172)
  • From bcw142@21:1/145 to cozmo on Thu Feb 11 16:47:41 2021
    On 11 Feb 2021, cozmo said the following...

    I'd use Linux but too much of a learning curve for me. I'm just getting into setting up my BBS and it's hard enough to figure out all this. I figured out what was causing the problem. Some how I had changed my Session Type from BinkP to Directory.

    OK, then get a good handle on Windows whatever version it is. The newer Windows10 has an Ubuntu/Linux subsystem that does work. Limited graphics
    right now, but improving as is the networking. So you could get some handle
    on Linux with that and something like MobaXterm. It allows graphical connection to Linux systems including the subsystem that can be added to Windows10. This is likely a better clue for those already playing with it ;)
    Hope Windows10 is stable for you, but I've always had issues with it, so I'm typing this via Ubuntu Linux remotely to Mystic BBS on a Pi3. I've had Windows 10 work for as long as 5 years, but no longer - it always kills and
    eats itself. It has problems and is unstable compared to Linux. One fix is
    to re-install every few years like we used to do with XP. Most Windows since seems to work best that way. So learn how to make backups. That Pi3 is running from an older backup, but it's running now under Mystic A47 02/01/2021 (US date format of MM/SS/YYYY). I've got some handle on the newer mis polling now and have it running in Events finally. Clue: Change old fidopoll to 'mis poll' and that pretty much handles the changes needed.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/01 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Mystic Pi BBS bcw142.zapto.org (21:1/145)
  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to cozmo on Thu Feb 11 17:15:07 2021
    On 11 Feb 2021, cozmo said the following...

    When I Fidopoll 21:3/100 I get this:
    FIDOPOLL Version 1.12 A46 2020/08/26

    Looking up address "21:3/100" in nodelist
    ---
    Scanning 21:3/100
    Queued 0 files (0 bytes) to 21:3/100
    Polling DIRECTORY node 21:3/100
    ^^^^^^^^^

    I think that's your problem. Make sure Session Type is set to BinkP on the first page for that node:

    Active Yes 1:GENERAL Description fsxNet Hub (Net 3) 2:Security
    SysOp Name Deon George 3:Groups
    Address 21:3/100 4:BinkP
    Domain fsxnet 5:FTP
    Session Type BinkP 6:Dir Toss ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Archive Type
    Export Type Normal
    Route Info 21:*
    Direct Bypass No
    Max PKT Size 512
    Max ARC Size 2048
    Use Filebox No


    Jay

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/02/01 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Northern Realms (21:3/110)
  • From cozmo@21:1/172 to Warpslide on Thu Feb 11 18:53:13 2021
    Thanks for the response. I did figure it out and that was the problem.
    Some how I must have changed that setting. One minute it was working and the next it wasn't. Thanks

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: The Bottomless Abyss BBS * bbs.bottomlessabyss.net (21:1/172)