• MIS closing randomly

    From garycrunk@21:2/105 to All on Monday, March 06, 2017 00:04:00
    in Windows XP. It will run for a long time... then once in a while, it will just close without any errors or log entries...

    I come in sometimes in the morning, turn on the monitor and MIS is closed... Anyone else???

    Gary Crunk
    Another F-ing BBS
    anotherbbs.bbsindex.com

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  • From Pequito@21:1/126 to garycrunk on Monday, March 06, 2017 00:36:00
    On 03/06/17, garycrunk said the following...

    Hello all... Has anyone ever encountered this: I'm running Mystic 1.12 A31 in Windows XP. It will run for a long time... then once in a while, it will just close without any errors or log entries...

    I come in sometimes in the morning, turn on the monitor and MIS is closed... Anyone else???

    This happens on all systems, you need to run a batch file to loop and re-run MIS if it crashes. Now if this is not daemon mode which I am pretty sure its not you should have no issues using something like this:

    @ECHO OFF
    :LOOP
    MIS
    GOTO LOOP

    Now can add a time out in there if needed but pretty sure under XP shouldnt
    be needed.

    Let me know if this helps.

    Cheers!
    Pequito

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    +-- .$$$$$. -----------------------------------------+
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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to garycrunk on Monday, March 06, 2017 21:14:00
    On 03/06/17, garycrunk pondered and said...

    Hello all... Has anyone ever encountered this: I'm running Mystic 1.12 A31 in Windows XP. It will run for a long time... then once in a while, it will just close without any errors or log entries...

    I have not run it on Windows XP Gary so not much use to you, I'm using Win 7

    That said you might like to consider a simple batch file to run MIS from in case it does stop.

    @Echo On

    c:
    cd\mystic

    :LOOP

    MIS
    TIMEOUT /T 5
    FIDOPOLL KILLBUSY

    GOTO LOOP



    Best, Paul

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Pequito on Monday, March 06, 2017 21:15:00
    On 03/06/17, Pequito pondered and said...

    MIS
    GOTO LOOP

    Now can add a time out in there if needed but pretty sure under XP shouldnt be needed.

    Let me know if this helps.

    Aha.. I should have kept reading as I was just sharing the very same looking batch file courtesy of Pequito Help Desk Inc. :)

    Thanks sir! :)

    Best, Paul

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  • From Pequito@21:1/126 to Avon on Monday, March 06, 2017 01:46:00
    On 03/06/17, Avon said the following...

    On 03/06/17, Pequito pondered and said...

    MIS
    GOTO LOOP

    Now can add a time out in there if needed but pretty sure under XP shouldnt be needed.

    Let me know if this helps.

    Aha.. I should have kept reading as I was just sharing the very same looking batch file courtesy of Pequito Help Desk Inc. :)


    Actually your commands the TIMEOUT /T will not work on XP why I did not
    mention that one.

    This is more for XP users, anything later can use the TIMEOUT in their batch script.

    @ECHO OFF
    :LOOP
    MIS
    ping 192.0.2.2 -n 1 -w %1000 > nul
    GOTO LOOP

    The above allows XP users to have a 1 second timeout if you wanted more just changed the %1000 to say %5000 for 5 seconds etc.

    Cheers!
    Pequito

    +- $s.s$s.s$ ----------------------------------------+
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    | .$$$. winkle BBS twinklebbs.homeip.net:8080 |
    +-- .$$$$$. -----------------------------------------+
    $ý"~"ý$ Christopher Malo aka Pequito!

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    * Origin: Twinkle BBS (21:1/126)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Pequito on Monday, March 06, 2017 21:55:00

    On 03/06/17, Pequito pondered and said...

    Actually your commands the TIMEOUT /T will not work on XP why I did not mention that one.

    This is more for XP users, anything later can use the TIMEOUT in their batch script.

    @ECHO OFF
    :LOOP
    MIS
    ping 192.0.2.2 -n 1 -w %1000 > nul
    GOTO LOOP

    The above allows XP users to have a 1 second timeout if you wanted more just changed the %1000 to say %5000 for 5 seconds etc.


    Ahh.. thanks. Please feel free to share that :)

    Best, Paul

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  • From Pequito@21:1/126 to Avon on Monday, March 06, 2017 02:35:00
    On 03/06/17, Avon said the following...


    On 03/06/17, Pequito pondered and said...

    Actually your commands the TIMEOUT /T will not work on XP why I did n mention that one.

    This is more for XP users, anything later can use the TIMEOUT in thei batch script.

    @ECHO OFF
    :LOOP
    MIS
    ping 192.0.2.2 -n 1 -w %1000 > nul
    GOTO LOOP

    The above allows XP users to have a 1 second timeout if you wanted mo just changed the %1000 to say %5000 for 5 seconds etc.


    Ahh.. thanks. Please feel free to share that :)

    But I just did!

    +- $s.s$s.s$ ----------------------------------------+
    | $ý"$$$"ý$ twinklebbs.homeip.net |
    | .$$$. winkle BBS twinklebbs.homeip.net:8080 |
    +-- .$$$$$. -----------------------------------------+
    $ý"~"ý$ Christopher Malo aka Pequito!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Linux)
    * Origin: Twinkle BBS (21:1/126)
  • From Caphood@21:1/112 to Pequito on Monday, March 06, 2017 09:44:00
    @Echo On
    c:
    cd\mystic
    :LOOP
    MIS
    TIMEOUT /T 5
    FIDOPOLL KILLBUSY
    GOTO LOOP

    Thats what i can use for Windows 10 32 bit right?

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  • From garycrunk@21:2/105 to Pequito on Monday, March 06, 2017 10:37:00

    I don't know why the he%% I did not think of that... My brain must be turning to Jelly from age...

    I will try that and see if I have any more Drop Offs.. Many Thanks!

    Gary Crunk
    Another F-ing BBS
    anotherbbs.bbsindex.com

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  • From garycrunk@21:2/105 to Avon on Monday, March 06, 2017 10:39:00
    Many thanks. I don't know why I did not think of that. Pequito also answered with the same thing. My Aging Brain must not be working as well as
    it used to... (Ugh)... I hate getting "Old"...

    Many thanks. I will implement this and see where it goes...

    Gary Crunk
    Another F-ing BBS
    anotherbbs.bbsindex.com

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  • From Pequito@21:1/126 to Caphood on Monday, March 06, 2017 14:22:00
    On 03/06/17, Caphood said the following...

    @Echo On
    c:
    cd\mystic
    :LOOP
    MIS
    TIMEOUT /T 5
    FIDOPOLL KILLBUSY
    GOTO LOOP

    Almost! Here is one better and I know I posted this before.

    @ECHO OFF
    C:
    CD \MYSTIC
    :LOOP
    IF EXIST \MYSTIC\SEMAPHORE\MIS.BSY (
    DEL \MYTSIC\SEMAPHORE\MIS.BSY
    )
    MIS
    TIMEOUT /T 5
    IF EXIST \MYSTIC\SEMAPHORE\FIDOPOLL.BSY (
    FIDOPOLL KILLBUSY
    )
    GOTO LOOP

    Its normally good practice to check for a file before trying to remove it
    like how I did it above.

    Let me know if you have questions!

    Cheers!
    Pequito

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    +-- .$$$$$. -----------------------------------------+
    $ý"~"ý$ Christopher Malo aka Pequito!

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    * Origin: Twinkle BBS (21:1/126)
  • From Pequito@21:1/126 to garycrunk on Monday, March 06, 2017 14:23:00
    On 03/06/17, garycrunk said the following...

    Pequito;

    I don't know why the he%% I did not think of that... My brain must be turning to Jelly from age...

    I will try that and see if I have any more Drop Offs.. Many Thanks!


    Gary its not always easy, not sure how young any of us are let along how much sleep we all get which can be next to none pending on what we do for a living.

    Cheers!
    Pequito

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    +-- .$$$$$. -----------------------------------------+
    $ý"~"ý$ Christopher Malo aka Pequito!

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    * Origin: Twinkle BBS (21:1/126)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Pequito on Tuesday, March 07, 2017 12:08:00
    On 03/06/17, Pequito pondered and said...

    Ahh.. thanks. Please feel free to share that :)

    But I just did!

    For some reason (I blame a current head cold) I thought this post and my reply were netmails [smacks forehead] - doh!

    Best, Paul

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to garycrunk on Tuesday, March 07, 2017 12:09:00
    On 03/06/17, garycrunk pondered and said...

    Paul;
    Many thanks. I don't know why I did not think of that. Pequito also answered with the same thing. My Aging Brain must not be working as

    Yep although I think Pequito's one is better as he's factored in the XP OS.

    We need him at NASA now to do some maths calcs :)

    Best, Paul

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Pequito on Monday, March 06, 2017 20:00:00
    On 03/06/17, Pequito said the following...

    Almost! Here is one better and I know I posted this before.

    IF EXIST \MYSTIC\SEMAPHORE\MIS.BSY (
    DEL \MYTSIC\SEMAPHORE\MIS.BSY

    For some reason, my system doesn't create the mis.msy semaphore file. The
    only one that is normally in the semaphore directory is 'nodeinfo.now'. I'm
    not sure what that one is for, but the file date is 11Jan2017...


    ---

    Dan Richter
    aka Black Panther
    Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://castlerockbbs.com
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Windows)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Black Panther on Tuesday, March 07, 2017 16:28:00
    On 03/06/17, Black Panther pondered and said...

    For some reason, my system doesn't create the mis.msy semaphore file. The only one that is normally in the semaphore directory is 'nodeinfo.now'. I'm not sure what that one is for, but the file date is 11Jan2017...

    Could be a windows thing I think?
    I'd need to check non windows systems to confirm.
    I can confirm in windows if you run MIS2 it creates a MIS2.BSY semaphore

    Best, Paul

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  • From Pequito@21:1/126 to Avon on Monday, March 06, 2017 20:28:00
    On 03/07/17, Avon said the following...

    On 03/06/17, Pequito pondered and said...

    Ahh.. thanks. Please feel free to share that :)

    But I just did!

    For some reason (I blame a current head cold) I thought this post and my reply were netmails [smacks forehead] - doh!

    Well in retro we do share information a lot that way so could see how you
    would get them confused. :P

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  • From Pequito@21:1/126 to Black Panther on Monday, March 06, 2017 20:31:00
    On 03/06/17, Black Panther said the following...

    On 03/06/17, Pequito said the following...

    Almost! Here is one better and I know I posted this before.

    IF EXIST \MYSTIC\SEMAPHORE\MIS.BSY (
    DEL \MYTSIC\SEMAPHORE\MIS.BSY

    For some reason, my system doesn't create the mis.msy semaphore file. The only one that is normally in the semaphore directory is 'nodeinfo.now'. I'm not sure what that one is for, but the file date is 11Jan2017...

    Should be a MIS.BSY file is MIS is running only, least in the most current versions anyhow. Believe the nodeinfo.now is a placeholder for node information but currently its an empty file.

    Cheers!
    Pequito

    +- $s.s$s.s$ ----------------------------------------+
    | $ý"$$$"ý$ twinklebbs.homeip.net |
    | .$$$. winkle BBS twinklebbs.homeip.net:8080 |
    +-- .$$$$$. -----------------------------------------+
    $ý"~"ý$ Christopher Malo aka Pequito!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Linux)
    * Origin: Twinkle BBS (21:1/126)
  • From Pequito@21:1/126 to Avon on Monday, March 06, 2017 20:32:00
    On 03/07/17, Avon said the following...

    On 03/06/17, Black Panther pondered and said...

    For some reason, my system doesn't create the mis.msy semaphore file. only one that is normally in the semaphore directory is 'nodeinfo.now I'm not sure what that one is for, but the file date is 11Jan2017...

    Could be a windows thing I think?
    I'd need to check non windows systems to confirm.
    I can confirm in windows if you run MIS2 it creates a MIS2.BSY semaphore


    Wont be a windows thing this will be a Mystic Version thing, pending on which version you are using and how you have your paths setup and which process you are currently using.

    So if you are using MIS.EXE then you should have an MIS.BSY file in the semaphore folder same for MIS2.EXE a MIS2.BSY in the semaphore folder.

    Cheers!
    Pequito

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    +-- .$$$$$. -----------------------------------------+
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    * Origin: Twinkle BBS (21:1/126)
  • From Distorted@21:2/102 to Avon on Monday, March 06, 2017 23:10:00
    On Linux, I can confirm I most certainly do have an mis.bsy. When I ran mis2,
    I also got an mis2.bsy. Hope this helps.

    Distorted

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Avon on Monday, March 06, 2017 22:04:00
    On 03/07/17, Avon said the following...

    For some reason, my system doesn't create the mis.msy semaphore file. only one that is normally in the semaphore directory is 'nodeinfo.now I'm not sure what that one is for, but the file date is 11Jan2017...

    Could be a windows thing I think?
    I'd need to check non windows systems to confirm.
    I can confirm in windows if you run MIS2 it creates a MIS2.BSY semaphore

    On my Win10 system, I'm only using MIS, so I'm not sure on the MIS2.BSY. On
    my Linux system I am running both MIS and MIS2, and I am only seeing the MIS2.BSY file, along with nodeinfo.now.

    I don't know. I haven't had much of an issue with either MIS or MIS2 closing
    on it's own. The only issue that I've seen, is when there is an incoming .TIC file, there have been a few times where the file is locked by MIS.EXE. I
    would have to close MIS, delete the file, and restart. Not a huge issue.


    ---

    Dan Richter
    aka Black Panther
    Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://castlerockbbs.com
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Windows)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Pequito on Monday, March 06, 2017 22:06:00
    On 03/06/17, Pequito said the following...

    Should be a MIS.BSY file is MIS is running only, least in the most
    current versions anyhow. Believe the nodeinfo.now is a placeholder for node information but currently its an empty file.

    On my Win10 system, it's just MIS running, and on my Ubuntu system, I have
    both MIS and MIS2 running. Neither system has an MIS.BSY file. The Ubuntu is running MIS2 as well, and has the MIS2.BSY file.


    ---

    Dan Richter
    aka Black Panther
    Sysop - Castle Rock BBS
    telnet://castlerockbbs.com
    The sparrows are flying again...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Windows)
    * Origin: Castle Rock BBS - castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)
  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Pequito on Tuesday, March 07, 2017 19:12:00
    On 03/06/17, Pequito pondered and said...

    Wont be a windows thing this will be a Mystic Version thing, pending on which version you are using and how you have your paths setup and which process you are currently using.

    Not so sure about that, most are running 1.12 A31 and I'm wondering if it
    could also be confounded by Linux/RPi systems running Mystic in deamon mode whereas in Windows that is not possible.

    Best, Paul

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Distorted on Tuesday, March 07, 2017 19:12:00
    On 03/06/17, Distorted pondered and said...

    On Linux, I can confirm I most certainly do have an mis.bsy. When I ran mis2, I also got an mis2.bsy. Hope this helps.

    Are you running ./mis or ./mis -d ??

    Thanks for the info :)

    Best, Paul

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Black Panther on Tuesday, March 07, 2017 19:13:00
    On 03/06/17, Black Panther pondered and said...

    On my Win10 system, I'm only using MIS, so I'm not sure on the MIS2.BSY. On my Linux system I am running both MIS and MIS2, and I am only seeing the MIS2.BSY file, along with nodeinfo.now.

    Thanks for the reports / info Dan :)

    Best, Paul

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  • From Pequito@21:1/126 to Avon on Monday, March 06, 2017 23:58:00
    On 03/07/17, Avon said the following...

    On 03/06/17, Pequito pondered and said...

    Wont be a windows thing this will be a Mystic Version thing, pending which version you are using and how you have your paths setup and whi process you are currently using.

    Not so sure about that, most are running 1.12 A31 and I'm wondering if it could also be confounded by Linux/RPi systems running Mystic in deamon mode whereas in Windows that is not possible.

    If you use MIS2 you can run daemon but yeah I think you might be right. I
    run MIS in daemon mode along with MIS2 so might be the difference?

    Cheers!
    Pequito

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    +-- .$$$$$. -----------------------------------------+
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  • From Distorted@21:2/102 to Avon on Tuesday, March 07, 2017 09:23:00
    Since my system runs on a cloud server, -d is a requirement, unless I want
    the BBS to shut down the moment I exit the terminal. :)

    Distorted

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Distorted on Wednesday, March 08, 2017 12:40:00
    On 03/07/17, Distorted pondered and said...

    Since my system runs on a cloud server, -d is a requirement, unless I
    want the BBS to shut down the moment I exit the terminal. :)

    Aha... I'm limited in my experience of cloud stuff so that's good to know :)

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Distorted on Wednesday, March 08, 2017 11:01:00
    Distorted wrote to Avon <=-

    Since my system runs on a cloud server, -d is a requirement, unless I
    want the BBS to shut down the moment I exit the terminal. :)

    Same for me. I run on a Banana Pi that's on the LAN, but it runs headless.


    ... Forbidden fruit is responsible for many a bad jam.
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